ōrnāmentum ī, n orno, apparatus, accoutrement, equipment, furniture, trappings: vestra ornamenta: pacis.
—A mark of honor, decoration, adornment, ornament, embellishment, jewel, trinket: ornamentis alterae (minae datae), for pin money, T.: omnia ornamenta ex fano Herculis in oppidum contulit, jewels, Cs.
—Fig., an ornament, distinction: amicitiam populi R. sibi ornamento esse, Cs.: Hortensius, ornamentum rei p., pride: quaecumque a me ornamenta in te proficiscentur: honoris.
—Rhetorical ornament: oratio ornamentis abundavit: ambitiosa recidet Ornamenta, H.