bractĕātus, a, um, adj. [bractea],
I covered with gold-plate , gilt (post-Aug. for the class. aureus): sellae, Sid. Ep. 8, 8: lacunar, id. ib. 2, 10.—
B In gen., glistening like gold : leo, i.e. with a yellow mane , Sen. Ep. 41, 6: comae, Mart. Cap. 1, § 75.—
II Trop. (cf. aureus, II.).
A Splendid , golden : O mentis aureae dictum bracteatum! Aus. Grat. Act. ad Gratian. 8.—
B Shining only externally , gilded , delusive : felicitas, Sen. Ep. 115, 9.