Aurum, hnius auri. Gold.Aurum factum. Vlp. Gold wrought in plate or money.Aurum infectum.Virg.Gold vnwrought, or in the wedge. Aurum.Cic.Money. Aurum.Plaut.Habiliments or ornaments of gold.Aceruus auri. Horat. An heape of gold.Amore auri cæcus.Virg. Fames auri. Ouid.Auri sacra fames.Virg.Cursed conetousnesse.Fulgor auri.Val. Flac. Pondus auri. Tibul. Venæ auri. Lucret. Gold veines.Corusci auro iuuenes.Virg.Glistring in robes of gold. Aurum argentosum. Plin. Gold mixed with siluer.Barbaricum aurum.Virg.Cælatum aurum.Cic.Plate graued or wrought.Coronarium aurum.Cicer.Gold gathered of the people, to make crownes to send to the Emperours.Fusile.Ouid.That may be molted.Gemmatum.Stat.Gold set with stones.Implexum crinibus aurum. Plin. Platted with gold.Intextum vestibus aurum.Ouid.Læue. Valer. Flac. Latum. Iuuenal. Lentum.Ouid.Flerible.Micans.Ouid.Shining.Nitidum.Ouid. Obrizum aurum. Plin. Fined gold.Pingue. Pers. Thicke.Rutilum. Claud. Glittering.Solidum.Ouid.Subæratum. Pers. That hath brasse vnder.Textile. Plin. TholosanÛ aurÛ habere. Prouetb. Cic.To perish miserably. Abdicare aurum. Plin. To condemne the vse of gold.Appendere anrum.Cic.To waye.Ardet auro clypeus.Stat.Attondere auro aliquem. Vide ATTONDEO. Bibunt auro sollicito superbi. Sen. Drinke in gold, but with feare of poysoning.Captus auro. Horat. Bribed: corrupted with money.Cludere auro. Plin. To inchase.Commodare aurum. Ouint. To lend money.Consumere aurum in ludos.Liu.Effingere in auro.Virg.To make or engraue in.Effulgere auro.Virg. Eruere aurum terra. Flauentes auro spicæ.Ouid.Yealow like gold.Includuntur auro smaragdi. Lucret. Are set in gold.Radians aurum.Ouid. Renidens auro domus. Lucret. Rigens auro vestis. Sil. Subducitur aurum terræ. Ouid.Vacuare aurum mero.Stat.To drinke vp all in the peece.Vænire auro. Horat. To be sold for money.
Oro, oras, orâre. To pray: to desire: to intreate. To speake openly and eloquently of a thing as an orator doth: to pleade: to make an oration.
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aurum (Sab. ausum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; vulg. Lat., ōrum, ib. p. 183; cf. Ital. and Span. oro and Fr. or), i, n. [v. aes]. I.Gold; as a mineral, v. Plin. 33, 4, 21, 66 sqq.: auri venas invenire, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151: venas auri sequi, Lucr. 6, 808; Tac. G. 5: aurum igni perspicere, Cic. Fam. 9, 16: eruere terrā, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 53: auri fodina, Plin. 33, 4, 21, 78; Vulg. Gen. 2, 11; ib. 2 Par. 2, 7; ib. Matt. 2, 11; Naev. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 797: ex auro vestis, id. 2, 22 (ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 20) et saep.— Provv.: montes auri polliceri,
to promise mountains of gold
, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18: carius auro,
more precious than gold
, Cat. 107, 3 (cf.: kreissona xrusou=, Aesch. Choëph. 372; xrusou= xruso/tera, Sapph. Fr. 122. Ellis).— II.Meton.A.Things made of gold, an ornament of gold, a golden vessel, utensil, etc.: Nec domus argento fulget nec auro renidet,
gold plate
, Lucr. 2, 27. So, 1.A golden goblet: et pleno se proluit auro, Verg. A. 1, 739: Regales epulae mensis et Bacchus in auro Ponitur, Ov. M. 6, 488: tibi non committitur aurum, Juv. 5, 39; 10, 27; Stat. Th. 5, 188; and in the hendiadys: pateris libamus et auro = pateris aureis, Verg. G. 2, 192.—2.A golden chain, buckle, clasp, necklace, jewelry: Oneratas veste atque auro, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 43: Donec eum conjunx fatale poposcerit aurum, Ov. M. 9, 411; 14, 394.—3.A gold ring: Ventilet aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum, Juv. 1, 28.—4.A golden bit: fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum, Verg. A. 7, 279; 5, 817.— 5.The golden fleece: auro Heros Aesonius potitur, Ov. M. 7, 155.—6.A golden hairband, krwbu/los: crines nodantur in aurum, Verg. A. 4, 138 Serv.—7. Esp. freq., gold as coined money: si quis illam invenerit Aulam onustam auri, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 4: De Caelio vide, quaeso, ne quae lacuna sit in auro, Cic. Att. 12, 6, 1: Aurum omnes victā jam pietate colunt, Prop. 4, 12, 48 sq.: quid non mortalia pectora cogis Auri sacra fames?Verg. A. 3, 56; cf. Plin. 37, 1, 3, 6; so Hor. C. 2, 16, 8; 2, 18, 36; 3, 16, 9; id. S. 2, 2, 25; 2, 3, 109; 2, 3, 142; id. Ep. 2, 2, 179; Vulg. Matt. 10, 9; ib. Act. 3, 6 et saep.—B.The color or lustre of gold, the gleam or brightness of gold, Ov. M. 9, 689: anguis cristis praesignis et auro (hendiadys, for cristis aureis), id. ib. 3, 32: saevo cum nox accenditur auro, Val. Fl. 5, 369 (i. e. mala portendente splendore, Wagn.); so, fulgor auri, of the face, Cat. 64, 100, ubi v. Ellis.—C.The Golden Age: redeant in aurum Tempora priscum, Hor. C. 4, 2, 39: subiit argentea proles, Auro deterior, Ov. M. 1, 115; 15, 260.
ōro, āvi, ātum, 1 (orassis for oraveris, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 63), v. a. and n. [1. os, to speak]: oro ab ore, Varr. L. L. 6, 76 Müll. I. In gen. (so obsol.): orare antiquos dixisse pro agere testimonio est, quod oratores dicti et causarum actores et qui rei publicae mandatas causas agebant, Fest. p. 198 Müll.: bonum aequumque oras, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 151: talibus orabat Juno, Verg. A. 10, 96.—II. In partic. A.To treat, argue, plead (as an ambassador, advocate, etc.; class., but very rare; cf. ago): REM VBI PAGVNT ORATO, Fragm. XII. Tab.: matronis ipsis, quae raptae erant, orantibus, i. e.
at their mediation
, Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13: causam capitis,
to argue
,
plead
, id. Brut. 12, 47: orandae litis tempus accommodare, id. Off. 3, 10, 43: si causa oranda esset, Liv. 39, 40, 6: causas melius, Verg. A. 6, 849: cum eo de salute suā agit, orat atque obsecrat,
treats
,
speaks
, Caes. B. C. 1, 22: causam dixit et ipse pro se oravit,
plead his own cause
, Liv. 39, 40, 12.—2. Of oratorical speaking, eloquence (freq. in Quint.): ars orandi, the oratorical art, art of oratory, Quint. prooem. 4; id. 2, 15, 20; 9, 4, 3: orandi scientia, id. 1, 10, 2: orandi studium, id. 9, 4, 110; 8, 6, 20.—B.To pray, beg, beseech, entreat one (the predom. signif. in all periods and styles; syn.: rogo, obsecro, obtestor, supplico, precor); constr. usually with acc. of the pers. and of the thing, and with ut, ne (the less freq. constructions, v. infra). (a). With acc. of the pers. and of the thing: illud te ad extremum et oro et hortor, ut, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, 46: multa deos orans, Verg. A. 9, 24: aliquem libertatem, Suet. Vesp. 16.—(b). With acc. of the pers. only: virginem orare, Liv. Andron. ap. Diom. p. 379 P: cum desubito me orat mulier, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 15 (Cax. v. 9 Vahl.); cf.: socer Non orandus erat, sed vi faciendus Erechtheus,
not to be entreated
,
but compelled
, Ov. M. 6, 701: Lydia, dic, per omnes Te deos oro, Sy barin cur properes amando perdere, Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.—(g). With acc. of the thing for which one asks: gnato uxorem,
to request a wife for one's son
, Ter. And. 3, 2, 48: legati Romam missi, auxilium ad bellum orantes,
to ask assistance
, Liv. 21, 6: opem rebus affectis orantes, id. 6, 9: auxilia, Tac. A. 2, 46.—(d). With ut: rogat oratque te Chrysogone, ut, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144: te, C. Flave, oro et obtestor, ut, etc., id. Planc. 42, 104: te etiam atque etiam oro, ut, etc., id. Att. 11, 1, 2: hoc me a vobis orare Juppiter jussit, ut, etc., Plaut. Am. prol. 64.—(e) With subj.: orant, ignoscamus peccatum suum, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 101: et vocet oro, Verg. A. 11, 442: idque sinas, oro, Ov. P. 4, 1, 19.—(z) With ne: rogat eos atque orat, ne, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 39, 96: quod te, Aesculapi, et te, Salus, ne quid sit hujus, oro, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 3.—(h) With the imper.: absiste inceptis, oro, Sil. 11, 336.— With imper. and acc. of person, Verg. A. 2, 143; 4, 319; 10, 61 and 905.—(q) With inf. or an object-clause: jampridem a me illos abducere Thestylis orat, Verg. E. 2, 43; id. A. 6, 313; 9, 231; Tac. A. 6, 2; 12, 9: vel Aegypti praefecturam concedi sibi oraret, Suet. Ner. 47.—(i) With ab and abl. of a person, followed by ut or ne: primum hoc abs te oro, ni me inexorabilem faxis, Pac. Tr. 122: oravitque a suis, ut, etc., Gell. 17, 10, 7: oratus ab Artorio, ne in castris remaneret, Vell. 2, 70, 1.—(k) With cum aliquo: quod tecum pater orat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 198 Müll. (Ann. v. 20 Vahl.): si is mecum oraret, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 15: tecum oro et quaeso, ut, id. Curc. 3, 1, 62: egi, atque oravi tecum, uxorem ut duceres, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 64; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 22; cited above, II. A.—(l) With pro and the abl.: nec pro civibus se orare, sed pro, etc., Just. 11, 4, 4: ut Octavius orandus sit pro salute cujusquam civis, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 2; cf.: ut pro illā ores, ut sit propitius (deus), Plaut. As. 4, 1, 38.—b. Oro te, I pray thee, prithee, parenthetically, a formula of politeness (cf. quaeso): dic. oro te, clarius, Cic. Att. 4, 8, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 1; Liv. 5, 5, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 16, 3.—C.To pray, to supplicate God (eccl. Lat.); act.: oravit Dominum, Vulg. Judic. 13, 8: orationem quam orat, id. 3 Reg. 8, 29; id. 2 Par. 6, 21: filios, id. Job, 19, 17: Deum, id. Ecclus. 50, 24: orationes longas, id. Matt. 23, 14.—More often neutr.: pro te, Vulg. Gen. 20, 7: ut audias, id. ib. 43, 20: in loco isto, id. 3 Reg. 8, 30: contra viam civitatis, id. ib. 8, 44: ad Dominum, id. 4 Reg. 4, 33: cum lacrimis, id. Tob. 3, 1: unus orans et unus maledicens, id. Ecclus. 34, 29: spiritu et mente, id. 1 Cor. 14, 15: mulierem decalvatam orare non decet, Ambros. in Luc. 6, 19: orandi gratia, Lact. 4, 15, 20.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: ōrans, antis, m., an orator: orantes, Tac. Dial. 6, 6.