Color, liuius colotis, m. g. A colour: the externall face or beautie of a thing. A cloake or pretence.Colos ab antiquis dicebatur. Plin. Bonitas coloris.Cic. Crebra coloris mutatio. Cic.Aureus color barbæ.Ouid.Color croci. Lucret. Saffron colour.Lucis color. Sen. Operum colores. Horat. The ornaments of.Veritatis color.Cic. Vrbanitatis color. Cic. Adustior color. Vide Adustior, in ADVRO. Albus color.Cic. Amethystinus. Plin. Vtolet colour.Ardentissimus. Vide ARDEO. Aridus. Vide ARBO. Arer.Ouid.Aureus. Vide AVRVM. Austerus. Vide AVSTERVS. Blandus. Vide BLANDVS. Bonus. Vide BONVS. Buxeus. Vide BVXVS. Boxen colour.Candens. Vide CANDEO. Candidus. Vide CANDEO. Cercus. Vide CERA. Ceruinus. Vide CERVVS. Cinereus. Vide CINIS. Citrinus. Vide CITRVS. Coracinus. Vide CORAX. Coineus. Plin. Crocinus. Vide CROCVS. Cymatilis. Vide CYMA. Decens. Horat. Comely.Deterrimus.Virg.Very naughty.Dilurus color. Plin. A weake colour not perfilely layde with sufficient stuffe.Egregius color.Cic. Elegantioris coloris gratia. Plin. Flammeus color. Plin. Bright shining colour.Floridi colores. Plin. Florishing: liuely.Exanguis color.Ouid.Pale: deadly.Fucatus. Horat. Made with painting.Fuscus.Ouid.Darke: browne.Herbidus color. Vide HERBA. Hyalus color.Virg.Grcene as glasse.
Colôro, colóras, pen. prod. colorâre. Plin. To colour: to make pretence. Val. Max. Colorari de homine & oratione.Cic.Coloratus arcus ex nubibus.Cic.Coloratæ vuæ. Col. Colorata oratio, Coloribus oratorijs decorata & ornata.Cic. Coloratus. Sen. Painted: coloured.Colorari sole Sen.To be steyned with the sunne.Coloratior. Plin. Hauing more colour.
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cŏlor (old form cŏlos, like arbos, clamos, honos, etc., Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 43; Lucr. 6, 208; 6, 1073; Sall. C. 15, 5, acc. to Prob. II. pp. 1456 and 1467 P.; Plin. 13, 15, 30, 98; 35, 11, 42, 150), ōris, m. [root cal-, to cover; cf.: caligo, occulere, calyx], color, hue, tint.I.Lit.A. In gen.: varii rerum, Lucr. 2, 786: nequeunt sine luce Esse, id. 2, 795: aureus ignis, id. 6, 205: albus, id. 2, 823; cf.: color albus praecipue decorus deo est, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45: purpureus conchyli, Lucr. 6, 1073: Tyrios mirare, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18; Ov. M. 4, 165; 10, 261; cf. id. ib. 6, 65; Verg. G. 1, 452: colorem accipere, Plin. 11, 38, 91, 225: bibere, id. 8, 48, 73, 193: inducere picturae, id. 35, 10, 36, 102: color caerulo albidior, viridior et pressior, Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4: amethystinus, Suet. Ner. 32: color in pomo est, ubi permaturuit, ater, Ov. M. 4, 165; Plin. 30, 2, 6, 16: bonus, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 10: melior, Plin. 7, 6, 5, 41: colores, oculos qui pascere possunt, Lucr. 2, 419: rebus nox abstulit atra colorem, Verg. A. 6, 272: quam cito purpureos deperdit terra colores, Tib. 1, 4, 30: nec varios discet mentiri lana colores, Verg. E. 4, 42: Iris, Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores, id. A. 4, 701.—Poet.: ducere, of grapes, etc.,
to acquire color
,
become colored
, Verg. E. 9, 49; Ov. M. 3, 485; cf. Sen. Ep. 71, 30.—2.Meton.a.Coloring stuff, dyestuff: regionis naturā minii et chrysocollae et aliorum colorum ferax, Flor. 4, 12, 60; Plin. 35, 6, 12, 30 sq.—b.Flowers of varied colors: aspice quo submittat humus formosa colores, Prop. 1, 2, 9; Val. Fl. 6, 492.—B. Specif., the natural color of men, the complexion, tint, hue: qui color, nitor, vestitus, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 11: formae autem dignitas coloris bonitate tuenda est, color exercitationibus corporis, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130: venusti oculi, color suavis, id. Tusc. 5, 16, 46: verus (opp. to paint), Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27 Don.; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 164; and fucatus, Hor. Epod. 12, 10: senex colore mustellino, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 22: niveus, Hor. C. 2, 4, 3: albus,
fair
, Ov. M. 2, 541: egregius, Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64: verecundus, Hor. Epod. 17, 21; cf.: vide Num ejus color pudoris signum indicat, Ter. And. 5, 3, 7: colorem mutare, to change or lose color (on account of any excitement of the passions, from shame, fear, pain, etc.), to blush, etc., Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38; cf. Cic. Clu. 19, 54: color excidit, Ov. M. 2, 602: perdere, id. ib. 3, 99: adeo perturbavit ea vox regem, ut non color, non voltus ei constaret, Liv. 39, 34, 7.— b. Prov.: homo nullius coloris,
an unknown man
, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99 (like the phrase: albus an ater sit; v. albus).—2. Sometimes for beautiful complexion, fine tint, beauty: o formose puer, nimium ne crede colori, Verg. E. 2, 17: quo fugit Venus, heu, quove color?Hor. C. 4, 13, 17; Ov. H. 3, 141.—II.Trop.A. In gen., color, i.e. external form, state, condition, position, outward show, appearance (predominant in rhet.; v. 2.; elsewh. rare, and mostly poet.): amisimus omnem non modo sucum ac sanguinem, sed etiam colorem et speciem pristinam civitatis, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10: vitae, Hor. S. 2, 1, 60; cf.: omnis Aristippum decuit color et status et res, every color became him, i. e. he accommodated himself to every condition, id. Ep. 1, 17, 23: novimus quosdam, qui multis apud philosophum annis persederint, et ne colorem quidem duxerint, have not acquired even the outward appearance, i.e. have imbibed or learned nothing, Sen. Ep. 108, 5; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 59: omnia eundem ducunt colorem; nec Persis Macedonum mores adumbrare nec Macedonibus Persas imitari indecorum, Curt. 10, 3, 14 Vogel ad loc. —2.A class, fashion, kind.a. In gen. (rare): hos maxime laudat.. egregium hoc quoque, sed secundae sortis ingenium ... hic tertius color est, Sen. Ep. 52, 4: tertium illud genus... sed ne hic quidem contemnendus est color tertius, id. ib. 75, 15; cf.: in omni vitae colore, Stat. S. 2 prooem. init.—b. Esp., of diction, character, fashion, cast, coloring, style: ornatur igitur oratio genere primum et quasi colore quodam et suco suo, Cic. de Or 3, 25, 95; cf. id. ib. 3, 52, 199: non unus color prooemii, narrationis, argumentorum, etc., Quint. 12, 10, 71: qui est, inquit, iste tandem urbanitatis color?Cic. Brut. 46, 171: color dicendi maculis conspergitur, Quint. 8, 5, 28; cf.: color totus orationis, id. 6, 3, 110: simplicis atque inaffectati gratia, id. 9, 4, 17: tragicus, Hor. A. P. 236: operum colores, id. ib. 86.—B. Pregn. (cf. supra, 1. B. 2.), a beautiful, brilliant quality or nature, splendor, lustre, brilliancy (freq. only in rhet. lang.): nullus argento color est avaris Abdito terris, Hor. C. 2, 2, 1.—2. Of diction. a.A high, lively coloring, embellishment: intelleges nihil illius (Catonis) lineamentis nisi eorum pigmentorum quae inventa nondum erant, florem et colorem defuisse, Cic. Brut. 87, 298; id. de Or. 3, 25, 100; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15 a), 2.—b. In a bad sense, t. t., an artful concealment of a fault, a pretext, palliation, excuse, Quint. 4, 2, 88 Spald.; 6, 5, 5; 10, 1, 116; 11, 1, 81; 12, 1, 33; cf. Sen. Contr. 3, 21; 3, 25: res illo colore defenditur apud judicem, ut videatur ille non sanae mentis fuisse, etc., Dig. 5, 2, 5: sub colore adipiscendae possessionis, Cod. Th. 3, 6, 3; Juv. 6, 280.
cŏlōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.]. I.To give a color to, to color, tinge (class.): corpora, Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 110: lignum sinopide, Plin. 35, 6, 13, 31: lineas testa trita, id. 35, 3, 5, 16: medicamentum rubricā vel atramento, Scrib. Comp. 228: coloratum Tithoni conjuge caelum, Ov. Am. 2, 5, 35.—B. In partic., to color reddish or brownish, to tinge: cum in sole ambulem, natura fit ut colorer, Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60; Quint. 5, 10, 81; Sen. Ep. 108, 4: pira sole, Plin. 15, 15, 16, 54; Prop. 3 (4), 13, 16: colorat aequora Nilus, Cat. 11, 7.—II.Trop. (cf. color, II.). A. In gen., to imbue thoroughly: sapientia nisi alte descendit et diu sedit animum non coloravit, sed infecit, Sen. Ep. 71, 30.—B. Esp. 1. Of discourse, to give it a coloring; and in pass., to retain or receive a coloring, to be tinged: cum istos libros studiosius legerim, sentio orationem meam illorum tactu quasi colorari, Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60; id. Or. 13, 42: urbanitate quādam quasi colorata oratio, id. Brut. 46, 170. —2. (In a bad sense.) To give a coloring, to gloss over, palliate, Val. Max. 8, 2, 2: inepta sua serio vultu, Prud. Cath. 2, 35 (cf. color, II. B. b.).—Hence, cŏlōrātus, a, um, P. a.A.Colored, having color: arcus, Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51: uvae, Col. 11, 2: pira, Plin. 15, 15, 16, 56.—2. Esp., colored red, red, imbrowned, Quint. 5, 10, 81: corpora,
having a healthy color
, id. 8, prooem. 19; cf. virtus, Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 3: aliquis speciosior et coloratior, Cels. 2, 2: Indi, Verg. G. 4, 293: Seres, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 6: Etrusci, Mart. 10, 68.—B.Trop., colored, specious: ficta et colorata, Sen. Ep. 16, 2.—Adv.: cŏlōrātē, in a specious or plausible manner: offert tale patrocinium, Quint. Decl. 285.