The corpus record — Latin

inauro

inauro · v. a

to cover

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Where it lives

Medicamina faciei femineae 1 · 16.31/10k
Divus Claudius 3 · 10.11/10k
Maximini Duo 2 · 3.69/10k
Contra Symmachum 2 · 1.66/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
Divus Julius 1 · 1.03/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.81/10k
In L. Catilinam 1 · 0.8/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k

Densest 12 of 32 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ĭn-auro — Lewis & Short

ĭn-auro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,

I to cover or overlay with gold, to gild (class.; most freq. in the part. perf.).

I Lit.: tegulas aereas, Plin. 33, 3, 18, § 57; Vitr. 7, 8: maurata statua, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 50: columna extrinsecus, id. Div. 1, 24, 48: Romulus (i. e. statua Romuli), id. Cat. 3, 8, 19: palla, Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60: vestis, i. e. inwrought with gold, Ov. M. Fac. 18.—

II Trop., to gild, i. e. to make rich: puto, te malle a Caesare consuli quam inaurari, Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 1: ut te Confestim liquidus fortunae rivus inauret, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 9.— Hence. ĭnaurātus, a, um, P. a., gilded, golden: quis radat inaurati femur Herculis, Juv. 13, 151.—Comp.: omni patagio inauratior pavo, Tert. Pall. 3 init.

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