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dis-cŏlor, ōris (abl. -ori, Flor. 1, 16, 7; Curt. 3, 3, 26—post-class. form of the fem. discolora, in the signif. of II. A.: lana, Prud. στεφ. 10, 302: serta, Symm. Laud. in Val. 2, 1 ed. Mai.: venustas, Mart. Cap. 4 init.; and once discoloria vestis, Petr. 97, 3), adj., of another color, not of the same color (opp. concolor).
- I. Lit.
- (α) With dat.: neutra pars esse debet discolor lanae (shortly before: si palatum atque lingua concolor lanae est), Col. 7, 3, 2: (vestis) sumatur fatis discolor alba meis, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 8: aura auri, Verg. A. 6, 204.
- (β) Absol., party-colored, of different colors: habere arculas, ubi discolores sint cerae, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 4: signa, * Cic. Verr. 1, 13 fin.: miles (black and white in the game of draughts), Ov. Tr. 2, 477 Jahn; cf. agmen (in running a race), id. Am. 3, 2, 78.
- II. Transf.
- A. Party-colored, variegated: aves, Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 3: vestis, Curt. 3, 4, 26: arma, Flor. 3, 2, 5 al.
- B. In gen., of various kinds, different, various: matrona meretrici dispar erit atque Discolor, * Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 4: amnis pelago, Stat. Th. 9, 338: rerum discolor usus, Pers. 5, 52.
discŏlōrĭus and discŏlōrus, a, um, v. the preced. art. init.