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dis-cŏlor , ōris (abl. -ori, Flor. 1, 16, 7; Curt. 3, 3, 26—post-class. form of the
I.fem. discolora, in the signif. of II. A.: lana, Prud. στεφ. 10, 302: “serta,Symm. Laud. in Val. 2, 1 ed. Mai.: “venustas,Mart. Cap. 4 init.; “and once discoloria vestis,Petr. 97, 3), adj., of another color, not of the same color (opp. concolor).
I. Lit.
(β). Absol., party-colored, of different colors: “habere arculas, ubi discolores sint cerae,Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 4: signa, * Cic. Verr. 1, 13 fin.: miles (black and white in the game of draughts), Ov. Tr. 2, 477 Jahn; cf. “agmen (in running a race),id. Am. 3, 2, 78.—
II. Transf.
A. Party-colored, variegated: “aves,Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 3: “vestis,Curt. 3, 4, 26: “arma,Flor. 3, 2, 5 al.
B. In gen., of various kinds, different, various: matrona meretrici dispar erit atque Discolor, * Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 4: “amnis pelago,Stat. Th. 9, 338: “rerum discolor usus,Pers. 5, 52.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.204
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.3
    • Ovid, Tristia, 5.5
    • Persius, Saturae, 5
    • Statius, Thebias, 9
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.3.2
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 3.3.26
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