I.perf. ORNAVET, Column. Rostr.; v. infra), v. a. perh. root var-, cover; Sanscr. varna-, color, to fit out, furnish, provide with necessaries; to equip, to get ready, prepare (class.; syn. exorno, concinno).
I. In gen.: “age nunc, orna te,” Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 10: “prandium domi,” id. Rud. 1, 2, 53: ornatur ferro Enn. ap. Gell. 16, 10 (Ann. v. 190 Vahl.): “aliquem armis,” Verg. A. 12, 344: “decemviros apparitoribus, scribis, librariis, praeconibus, architectis, praeterea mulis, tabernaculis, centuriis, supellectili,” Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32: “aliquem pecuniā,” Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 3: CLASESQVE-NAVALES-PRIMOS-ORNAVET, fitted out, Column. Rostr.: “maximas classes,” Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; cf. Liv. 9, 30: “naves,” id. 40, 26: “convivium,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 44: “copias omnibus rebus,” id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 20: “provincias,” to furnish money, arms, and attendants to governors setting out for their provinces, id. Att. 3, 24, 1; id. ib. 4, 18, 2; Liv. 40, 36, 5; so, “consules,” id. ib.—Hence, to trim, provide with oil: “lampades,” Vulg. Matt. 25, 7.—
II. In partic., to ornament, adorn, embellish, deck, set off.
A. Lit.: “Italiam ornare quam domum suam, maluit: quamquam, Italiā ornatā, domus ipsa mihi videtur ornatior,” Cic. Off. 2, 22, 76: “scuta ad forum ornandum,” Liv. 9, 40: “cornua sertis,” Verg. A. 7, 488: “monilia collum,” Ov. M. 5, 52.—Of dressing the hair, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 5: “capillos,” id. ib. 2, 7, 23; Prop. 1, 2, 1.—
B. Trop., to adorn, decorate, set off; to commend, praise, extol; to honor, show honor to, distinguish: “aliquid magnificentius augere atque ornare,” Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 94: “seditiones ipsas,” id. ib. 2, 28, 124: “aliquem suis sententiis,” id. Fam. 15, 4, 11: dicere, laudandum adulescentem, ornandum, tollendum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1: “civitatem omnibus rebus,” Caes. B. G. 7, 33: “aliquem maximis beneficiis,” Cic. Att. 6, 1, 5: “aliquem laudibus,” id. Phil. 2, 11, 25: “egressum alicujus frequentiā suā,” id. Pis. 13, 31: “candidatum suffragio,” Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 8: aliquem ornare, to bestow honor upon, advance to honor, Cic. Fam. 1, 1: “hederā poëtam,” Verg. E. 7, 25.—Ironically: “ornatus esses,” would have been rewarded, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 22.—Hence, ornātus , a, um, P. a.
A. Fitted out, furnished, provided with necessaries, equipped, accoutred, splendidly furnished (class.; “syn.: instructus, praeditus): sapiens plurimis artibus instructus et ornatus,” Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112: “scutis telisque parati ornatique,” id. Caecin. 21, 60: “equus ornatus,” Liv. 27, 19: “elephantus,” Nep. Hann. 3, 4: “naves paratissimae, atque omni genere armorum ornatissimae,” Caes. B. G. 3, 14: “fundus,” Cic. Quint. 31, 98: “Graecia copiis non instructa solum, sed etiam ornata,” not provided merely, but also splendidly furnished, id. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—Transf.: “ingenio bono,” Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 89.—
B. In partic., ornamented, adorned, decked, decorated, embellished, handsome, ornate: “sepulcrum floribus ornatum,” Cic. Fl. 38, 95.—Comp.: “nihil ornatius,” Cic. Sen. 16, 57.—Esp., adorned with all good qualities, excellent, distinguished, eminent, illustrious: “lectissimus atque ornatissimus adulescens,” Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29: “in dicendo,” id. de Or. 1, 10, 42; id. ib. 1, 11, 49: “homo ornatissimus loco, ordine, nomine, virtute, ingenio, copiis,” honored, respected, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 127: “ornati elaboratique versus,” embellished, id. Or. 11, 36: “oratio,” id. de Or. 1, 12, 50: “locus ad dicendum ornatissimus,” admirably adapted, id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1.—Hence, adv.: ornātē , with ornament, ornamentally, ornately, elegantly (class.): “dicere,” Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53: “apte, distincte, ornate dicere,” id. Off. 1, 1, 2.—Comp.: “causas agere ornatius,” Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1.—Sup.: “causam ornatissime et copiosissime defendere,” Cic. Brut. 5, 21.
