(v. a.adj.) : phălĕro, āre, v. a.phalerae
* To adorn with trappings, ornament the breast (late Lat.): animalia phalerari sibi magis quam nodari gaudent,Ambros. Cant. Cantic. 1, 43.—Fig., to deck, set off, display: eloquentiae phalerandae gratiā,Ambros. Off. Min. 1, 12, 44.—Hence, phălĕrātus, a, um, adj. I. Lit., wearing an ornament for the forehead and breast: equi,Liv. 30, 17: cursor,Petr. 28: turba Mazacum atque cursorum,Suet. Ner. 30.
* Trop., decorated, ornamented: phaleratis dictis aliquem ducere, with fine speeches, Ter Phorm. 3, 2, 16.