dē-cŏlor — Lewis & Short
dē-cŏlor, ōris (
I acc. plur. heterocl. decoloros, Prud. stef. 1, 113), adj., deprived of it's natural color, discolored, defaced, faded, etc. (poet., and in post-Aug. prose): decolorem sanguinem omnem exsorbuit, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 8 (transl. from Sophoc. Trach. 1058: e)k de\ xlwro\n ai(=ma/ mou *pe/pwken h)/dh):
Indus,swarthy, Prop. 4, 3, 10; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 24;
and India,id. M. 4, 21;
so heres, (sc. Aethiope genitus),Juv. 6, 600:
decolor fuligine,id. 7, 226:
decolor sanguine,stained, Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 42; cf. Stat. Th. 12, 410:
ara,id. Pont. 3, 2, 54:
seges,Luc. 7, 851:
uniones,Plin. 9, 35, 57, § 116:
resina,id. 16, 12, 23, § 59.—
II Poet., of abstract subjects: deterior ac decolor aetas (i. e. the brazen and iron age, in comparison with the golden), depraved, degenerate, * Verg. A. 8, 326:
fama,Ov. H. 9, 4.