(v. a.P. a.) : ex-orno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
* To fit out, equip, furnish, supply with any thing.
* In gen. (rare; not in Cic.): nullae magis res duae plus negoti habent (sc. quam navis et mulier) forte si occeperis exornare,to give them an outfit,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 3 sq.: dum vicinitatem armis exornat,Sall. C. 36, 1; so, classem,Just. 5, 6: aliquem veste, nummis, familia,Phaedr. 4, 22, 23; cf.: is homo exornetur graphice in peregrinum modum,be fitted out, dressed,Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 38: rebus paratis atque exornatis nuptiis,set out, arranged,id. Aul. 4, 10, 54: convivium omni opulentiā,Sall. J. 85, 39: aciem,id. ib. 52, 5.—Absol.: consul omnibus exploratis, credo dis fretus ... tamen pro rei copia satis providenter exornat,provides,Sall. J. 90, 1 Kritz. —Transf.: hominem exornavit, mulierem qui abduceret,has employed, fitted out,Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 110 Ritschl N. cr.; cf.: utrum aliquem exornari oportuit, qui istaec prohiberet,Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22 fin.
* Pregn., to deck out, adorn, embellish (the class. signif. of the word).
* Lit.: ea signa emere soleo, quae ad similitudinem gymnasiorum exornent mihi in palaestra locum,Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2; cf.: domum ejus exornatam atque instructam iste reddiderat nudam atque inanem,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84: triclinium ample magnificeque,id. ib. 2, 4, 27, § 62: aliquem veste regia,Curt. 8, 13 fin.: tibi me exorno ut placeam,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 135; cf. id. Stich. 5, 4, 3; id. Trin. 4, 2, 15.—Transf., comically: adeo exornatum dabo, adeo depexum, ut dum vivat, meminerit mei, I'll give him such a dressing, i. e. beating, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 77.
* To despoil of ornament, Tert. Cult. Fem. 2, 9. —Hence, exornātus, a, um, P. a., decked out, adorned (rare): candide vestitus, laute exornatusque,Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 10: cithara exornatissima,Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60: ornatu nullo potest exornatior esse, Poët. in Anth. Lat. 1, 692 Burm.

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