I.to set off, deck, adorn an article for sale (post-Aug.): “ita pueros mangonicavit saepe obstetrix,” Plin. 32, 10, 47, § 135. —In part. perf.: “mangonicatae villae,” Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168.—
II. In gen., to set off, adorn: “corpora,” Plin. 23, 1, 16, § 26.