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bractĕātus

bractĕātus · adj

covered with gold-plate

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What it meant

bractĕātus — Lewis & Short

bractĕātus, a, um, adj.id.,

I covered with gold-plate, gilt (post-Aug. for the class. aureus): sellae, Sid. Ep. 8, 8: lacunar, id. ib. 2, 10.—

B In gen., glistening like gold: leo, i.e. with a yellow mane, Sen. Ep. 41, 6: comae, Mart. Cap. 1, § 75.—

II Trop. (cf. aureus, II.).

A Splendid, golden: O mentis aureae dictum bracteatum! Aus. Grat. Act. ad Gratian. 8.—

B Shining only externally, gilded, delusive: felicitas, Sen. Ep. 115, 9.

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