I.perf., ātum, 1, v. a. tunica, to clothe with a tunic.
I. In the verb. finit. only once: tunicare homulum, Varr. ap. Non. 182, 17.—
II. In part. perf. (freq. and class.): tŭnĭcātus , a, um, clothed with a tunic, Cic. Cael. 5, 11; cf. in poet. transf., of life in the country: “o tunicata quies!” Mart. 10, 51, 6.—Of the common people, who went clothed simply with the tunic: “novistin' tu illunc tunicatum hominem?” Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 2: “qui metus erat tunicatorum illorum?” Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 94: “popellus,” Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 65; Tac. Or. 7.—So of the Carthaginians: juventus, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 12 (Ann. v. 331 Vahl.).—
B. Transf., covered with a coat, skin, or peel, coated: “tunicatum caepe,” Pers. 4, 3.
