(v. a.P. a.) : cŏlōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.id..
* To give a color to, to color, tinge (class.): corpora,Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 110: lignum sinopide,Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 31: lineas testa trita,id. 35, 3, 5, § 16: medicamentum rubricā vel atramento,Scrib. Comp. 228: coloratum Tithoni conjuge caelum,Ov. Am. 2, 5, 35.
* In partic., to color reddish or brownish, to tinge: cum in sole ambulem, natura fit ut colorer,Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60; Quint. 5, 10, 81; Sen. Ep. 108, 4: pira sole,Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54; Prop. 3 (4), 13, 16. colorat aequora Nilus,Cat. 11, 7.
* Trop. (cf. color, II.).
* In gen., to imbue thoroughly: sapientia nisi alte descendit et diu sedit animum non coloravit, sed infecit,Sen. Ep. 71, 30.
* Esp.
* Of discourse, to give it a coloring; and in pass., to retain or receive a coloring, to be tinged: cum istos libros studiosius legerim, sentio orationem meam illorum tactu quasi colorari,Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60; id. Or. 13, 42: urbanitate quādam quasi colorata oratio,id. Brut. 46, 170.
* Colored, having color: arcus,Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51: uvae,Col. 11, 2: pira,Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.
* Esp., colored red, red, imbrowned, Quint. 5, 10, 81: corpora,having a healthy color,id. 8, prooem. § 19; cf. virtus,Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 3: aliquis speciosior et coloratior,Cels. 2, 2: Indi,Verg. G. 4, 293: Seres,Ov. Am. 1, 14, 6: Etrusci,Mart. 10, 68.
* Trop., colored, specious: ficta et colorata,Sen. Ep. 16, 2.—Adv.: cŏlōrātē, in a specious or plausible manner: offert tale patrocinium,Quint. Decl. 285.

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