corpŏro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [corpus], to make or fashion into a body, to furnish with a body.
- I. Prop.: semen tempore ipso animatur corporaturque, Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 66; cf. id. 10, 53, 74, § 148.
In part. perf.: corporatus Christus et veste carnis indutus, Lact. 4, 26; Tert. Pall. 2: undique mundus, * Cic. Univ. 2 B. and K.
- II. Transf.
- A. Of a picture: quae (pictura) prius quam coloribus corporatur, umbra tingitur, Non. p. 37, 13.
- B. To make a body or corpse, i. e. to kill: corporare est interficere et quasi corpus solum sine animā relinquere, Enn. and Att. ap. Non. p. 20, 21 sq. (Enn. Trag. Rel. v. 101; Att. Trag. Rel. v. 604 Rib.).
- C. P. a. as subst. (acc. to corpus, II.): ‡ corpŏrātus, i, m., a member of a corporation, Inscr. Grut. 45, 8; 496, 5 al.