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ĭn-auro , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to cover or overlay with gold, to gild (class.; most freq. in the part. perf.).
I. Lit.: “tegulas aereas,” Plin. 33, 3, 18, § 57; Vitr. 7, 8: “maurata statua,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 50: “columna extrinsecus,” id. Div. 1, 24, 48: “Romulus (i. e. statua Romuli),” id. Cat. 3, 8, 19: “palla,” Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60: “vestis,” i. e. inwrought with gold, Ov. M. Fac. 18.—
II. Trop., to gild, i. e. to make rich: “puto, te malle a Caesare consuli quam inaurari,” Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 1: “ut te Confestim liquidus fortunae rivus inauret,” Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 9.— Hence. ĭnaurātus , a, um, P. a., gilded, golden: “quis radat inaurati femur Herculis,” Juv. 13, 151.—Comp.: “omni patagio inauratior pavo,” Tert. Pall. 3 init.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.13.1
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 3.8.19
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.50
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 7.8
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 33.57
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.24
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