ornate

ornātē, adv., v. orno, P. a. fin.

ōrnātē, Adv. m. Compar. u. Superl. (1. ornatus), zierlich, mit Geschmack, geschmackvoll, facere, herrlich, Cic.: comparare magnifice et ornate convivium, Cic. – bes. als rhet. t. t., orn. loqui, dicere, Cic.: causas agere ornatius, Cic.: causam ornatissume et copiosissume defendere, Cic. Brut 21.

ornate [CL] 1 lavishly, richly, elaborately. auditor prudens ‥ cum candidata ac purpurata solemniter fratrum caterva ‥ ad illa [ossa] sancti ‥ ~issime procedit Gosc. Transl. Aug. 37D; castella sua que ~issime construxerat G. Steph. 34; pictim, colorate, ~e Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 477; structim, ~e Ib. 559; ornateque paratur Nig. Paul. f. 45v (v. exstruere a); 1260 provideat ‥ quod cape predicte cum ‥ aurifragiis ‥ decenter et ~e fiant ‥ Cl 63; set nimis ornate penam ficta pietate / pontifices regis moderantur ab ordine legis Gower CT I 176. 2 ornately, in embellished rhetorical style. illam ‥ deceperat ‥ ficticiis sermonibus quos ~e componebat G. Mon. VIII 19; rhetorica docet loqui ~e Neckam NR II 173; iste quoque Paulinus pro Theodosio principe librum quendam prudenter ~eque composuit Gros. Hexaem. proem. § 1; si odis peccatum tuum, quare ~e [ME: menskeliche] de eo loqueris? AncrR 120.

ōrnātē (12) (ornatus), dʼune manière ornée, avec élégance : Cic. de Or. 3, 53 ; Or. 22 ; ornatissime defendere causam, Cic. Br. 21, défendre une cause dans le style le plus orné, le plus élégant ; -tius Cic. de Or. 2, 35 ; Ac. 2, 129.

ornate . adv. c. s.
文然。齊整。

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ōrnātē adv.with comp.and sup.

• orno, ornamentally, ornately, elegantly: convivium apparare: pars causae perorata: dici ornatius: egit ornatissime causam.