marmoro

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

marmŏro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [marmor],

I to overlay or incrust with marble (post-Aug.; most freq. in part. perf. ): palatio exornato hoc genere marmorandi, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25: porticus marmorata, Petr. 77, 4: ingenti plaga marmorata dorso, i. e. paved with stones , Stat. S. 4, 3, 96.—

II To make a kind of plaster out of marble (ante-class., and only in part. perf. ): tectorium marmoratum, Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 1.

III —Hence, mar-mŏrātum , i, n., a covering for walls or floors made of pounded marble and lime , Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 3; 3, 7, 3; Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 176.