argentatus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

argentātus, a, um, adj. [argentum] (cf. aeratus and auratus, and Prisc. p. 828 P.).

I Plated or ornamented with silver (cf. argentum, I. A.): sandalia, Albin. 2, 65: sella, Lampr. Elag, 4 fin. : milites, whose shields were covered or plated with silver , Liv. 9, 40.—

II Furnished with money (cf. argentum, I. B. 2.): semper tu ad me cum argentatā accedito querimoniā, come always with silvered complaints , i. e. bring money with your complaints , Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 78.

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