auro, āre, v. a. [aurum],
I to overlay with gold , to gild : a metallorum quoque nominibus solent nasci verba, ut ab auro auro, auras; ab aere aero, aeras, unde aeratus et auratus, etc., Prisc. p. 828 P.—As finite verb only in one (doubtful) example in Tert. Coron. Mil. 12.—But very freq. aurā-tus , a, um, P. a.
A Furnished , overlaid , or ornamented with gold , gilded , gilt : auratus aries Colchorum, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163: aurata metalla, metals rich in gold , Lucr. 6, 811: tecta, id. 2, 28, and Cic. Part. Or. 6, 3: tempora, covered with a golden helmet , Verg. A. 12, 536: lacerti, Prop. 4, 12, 57: sinus, ornamented with a golden buckle , clasp , pin , etc., Ov. F. 2, 310: vestes, id. M. 8. 448: amictus, id. ib. 14, 263: stolae, * Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 2: milites, with golden shields , Liv. 9, 40, 3 al.— Comp. : auratior hostia, Tert. Idol. 6 fin. —
B Of gold , golden : pellis, Cat. 64, 5; Ov. M. 1, 470: monilia, id. ib. 5, 52; cf.: regum auratis circumdata colla catenis, Prop. 2, 1, 33: lyra, id. 4, 2, 14; Ov. M. 8, 15 al.—
C Gold-colored : gemma nunc sanguineis, nunc auratis guttis, Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 179.—Hence, subst.: aurāta , ae, f. ( ōrāta , Paul. ex Fest. pp. 182 sq. Müll.; cf. aurum init. ; Schneid. Gr. 1, p. 59), a fish , the gilt-bream : Sparus aurata, Linn.; Cels. 2. 18; 2, 28; Plin. 9, 16, 25, § 58; Mart. 13, 90.