tinsel
tinsel
subs.
Met., ornament: P. and V. κόσμος, ὁ,
Show: P. and V. σχῆμα, τό, πρόσχημα, τό.
subs.
Met., ornament: P. and V. κόσμος, ὁ,
Show: P. and V. σχῆμα, τό, πρόσχημα, τό.
tinsel
adj.
Showy: use P. and V. εὐπρεπής.
adj.
Showy: use P. and V. εὐπρεπής.
TINSEL
PROP. *pannus spissiore bombyce textus et auro argentove pictus (brocade): *bracteola coruscans or micans (a spangle): *aurum or argentum tremulum (sparkling gold or silver on a dress etc.).
Figuratively res speciosa: mera species: nugae speciosae.
PROP. *pannus spissiore bombyce textus et auro argentove pictus (brocade): *bracteola coruscans or micans (a spangle): *aurum or argentum tremulum (sparkling gold or silver on a dress etc.).
Figuratively res speciosa: mera species: nugae speciosae.
tinsel:
I. Lit.:
1. bractea (metal leaf): Virg.
2. bracteŏla: to scrape off a bit of t. from Castor's image, b. de Castore ducere, Juv. 13, 152. Phr.: t.'d robes. cloth with t., *vestes auro (argento) intextae, pannus auro (arg.) micans, speciosus.
II. Fig.: gaudy show:
1. bractea: the t. of eloquence, b. eloquentiae, Sol. praef. 2.
2. species: to employ t. and ornament in speaking, adhibere in dicendo speciem atque pompam, Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294.
3. fūcus (lit. paint): without t. or trickery, sine fuco ac fallaciis, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1. Phr.: a t. happiness, bracteata felicitas, Sen. Ep. 115: to distinguish t. from true metal, fucata a veris internosci, Cic. Am. 25, 95.
I. Lit.:
1. bractea (metal leaf): Virg.
2. bracteŏla: to scrape off a bit of t. from Castor's image, b. de Castore ducere, Juv. 13, 152. Phr.: t.'d robes. cloth with t., *vestes auro (argento) intextae, pannus auro (arg.) micans, speciosus.
II. Fig.: gaudy show:
1. bractea: the t. of eloquence, b. eloquentiae, Sol. praef. 2.
2. species: to employ t. and ornament in speaking, adhibere in dicendo speciem atque pompam, Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294.
3. fūcus (lit. paint): without t. or trickery, sine fuco ac fallaciis, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1. Phr.: a t. happiness, bracteata felicitas, Sen. Ep. 115: to distinguish t. from true metal, fucata a veris internosci, Cic. Am. 25, 95.