picturare

picturare [CL as p. ppl.] 1 to paint. to paynte ‥ pictuare CathA. 2 to decorate: a (picture). b to decorate (w. painting or flowers); c (transf. & fig.). a Deus ipse ‥ picturam palmarum ~avit in frontem Mir. Wulfst. 1 prol. p. 116.  b terre faciem flore picturante Ps.-Map 21; ut scribatur floris afflictio / delicata, quo celi regio / picturatur ut pratum Maio J. Howd. Ph. 558.  c misteria preconantibus et verborum flosculis exquisitis ~antibus speciem verbi Dei J. Sal. Ep. 284 (271). 3 (p.ppl. as adj.) painted, coloured, decorated: a (of tattooed skin or plumage); b (of artefact); c (of food); d (fig., of zodiac). a ~atis stigmatibus cutem insigniti W. Malm. GR III 245; pavo decentium insigne colorum varietate ~atus Neckam NR I 39 p. 90.  b s1250 hostes Christi armis ‥ et cognitionibus ~atis (v. cognitio 4); una grossa balista ~ata de quadam rosa rubicunda Collect. W. Worc. 571; camera hujus regis Henrici Wintonie multipliciter ~ata Brompton 1046.  c cibus reflectionis sit ‥ simplex ‥ non croco ~atus J. Godard Ep. 229.  d firmamentum ‥ luminosum iter galaxie et animalibus celestibus ~atum zodiacum ‥ miramur R. Bury Phil. 15. 199. 4 (transf., rhet.) embellished, ornate. prefationibus coloratis et ~ato fastu verborum sincera non eget affectio P. Blois Ep. 39. 119B; discant queso nostri legiste quid eis ad salutem anime confert ille civilis et ~atus loquendi modus Id. Opusc. 816B.