ornamentum

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

ōrnāmentum ī, n

orno, apparatus, accoutrement, equipment, furniture, trappings : vestra ornamenta: pacis.— A mark of honor, decoration, adornment, ornament, embellishment, jewel, trinket : ornamentis alterae (minae datae), for pin money , T.: omnia ornamenta ex fano Herculis in oppidum contulit, jewels , Cs.—Fig., an ornament, distinction : amicitiam populiR.sibi ornamento esse, Cs.: Hortensius, ornamentum rei p., pride : quaecumque a me ornamenta in te proficiscentur: honoris.— Rhetorical ornament : oratio ornamentis abundavit: ambitiosa recidet Ornamenta, H.

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