(v. a.P. a.) : ĭn-auro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
* To cover or overlay with gold, to gild (class.; most freq. in the part. perf.).
* Lit.: tegulas aereas,Plin. 33, 3, 18, § 57; Vitr. 7, 8: maurata statua,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 50: columna extrinsecus,id. Div. 1, 24, 48: Romulus (i. e. statua Romuli),id. Cat. 3, 8, 19: palla,Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60: vestis,i. e. inwrought with gold,Ov. M. Fac. 18.
* Trop., to gild, i. e. to make rich: puto, te malle a Caesare consuli quam inaurari,Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 1: ut te Confestim liquidus fortunae rivus inauret,Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 9.— Hence. ĭnaurātus, a, um, P. a., gilded, golden: quis radat inaurati femur Herculis,Juv. 13, 151.—Comp.: omni patagio inauratior pavo,Tert. Pall. 3 init.

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