mangonico

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

mangōnico (-izo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [mango],

I to set off, deck, adorn an article for sale (post-Aug.): ita pueros mangonicavit saepe obstetrix, Plin. 32, 10, 47, § 135. —In part. perf. : mangonicatae villae, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168.—

II In gen., to set off, adorn : corpora, Plin. 23, 1, 16, § 26.