In Verrem, 2.5.44 (17)

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
1st century BCE See all items with this value
Location of Display
Rome See all items with this value
Author
Cicero See all items with this value
Reference
In Verrem, 2.5.44 (17)
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Navem vero cybaeam maximam, triremis instar, pulcherrimam atque ornatissimam ...
Part of Speech
Adjective (superlative) See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Vehicle See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Cargo ship (trireme)
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Textile See all items with this value
Visual Work: Carving See all items with this value
Visual Work: Material: Wood See all items with this value
Visual Work: Inlay See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: Fine sails, wooden carvings, perhaps inlays
Notes
Sense of 'fully equipped' also probably concomitantly in play, but notice the repeated emphasis on beauty
Item Identifier
A00118
Determination
Interpreted from context
Item sets
Cicero
1st century BCE
Visual Work (Ornamenting)
Vehicle
Material
Carving/ Engraving
Textile
Inlay
Wood