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Polished

  • 1 condītus

        condītus adj. with comp.    [P. of condio], seasoned, savory: condītiora facit haec: pyxis, chest of drugs, Iu. — Fig., of discourse, polished, ornamented: sermo: oratio lepore condītior: nemo suavitate condītior.
    * * *
    I
    condita -um, conditior -or -us, conditissimus -a -um ADJ
    seasoned, spiced up, flavored, savory; polished, ornamented (discourse/style)
    II
    condita, conditum ADJ
    preserved, kept in store; hidden, concealed, secret; sunken (eyes)
    III
    founding (of a city); establishment; preparing (L+S); preserving fruit; hiding

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  • 2 cultus

        cultus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of colo], cultivated, tilled: ager cultissimus: fundus, H.: materia: cultiora loca, Cu.—Fig., neat, tidy, well-dressed: bene puella, O.: femina cultissima, O. — Polished, elegant, cultivated: animi: cultiora tempora, Cu.: carmina, O.
    * * *
    I
    culta -um, cultior -or -us, cultissimus -a -um ADJ
    cultivated/tilled/farmed (well); ornamented, neat/well groomed; polished/elegant
    II
    habitation; cultivation (land); civilization, refinement; polish, elegance; care, worship, devotion/observance; form of worship, cult; training/education; personal care/maintenance/grooming; style; finery, splendor; neatness/order

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  • 3 dentātus

        dentātus adj.    [dens], having teeth: serrula: male, O.— Polished with a tooth: charta.
    * * *
    dentata, dentatum ADJ
    toothed; w/(prominent/displayed) teeth; w/spikes/teeth/gears; polished w/tooth

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  • 4 līmātulus

        līmātulus adj. dim.    [limatus], somewhat polished: opus est huc limatulo tuo iudicio.
    * * *
    limatula, limatulum ADJ
    rather polished, refined

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  • 5 nitidus

        nitidus adj. with comp. and sup.    [cf. niteo], shining, glittering, bright, polished, clear: nitidus iuventā (of the serpent that has shed its skin), V.: aries nitidissimus auro, O.: pisces, with gleaming scales, O.: ocelli, Iu.—Of animals, sleek, plump, in good condition, well-favored, blooming: iumenta, N.: quos pexo capillo nitidos videtis: ex nitido fit rusticus, H.: vacca, O.: campi nitidissimi: nitidissimus annus, rich, O.—Fig., cultivated, polished, refined: verba nitidiora: hilares nitidique vocantur, Iu.
    * * *
    nitida, nitidum ADJ
    shining, bright

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  • 6 polītus

        polītus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of polio], polished, accomplished, refined, cultivated, polite: homo ex scholā: oratio: politioris humanitatis expers: doctrinā politissimus.
    * * *
    polita, politum ADJ
    refined, polished

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  • 7 rāsilis

        rāsilis e, adj.    [1 RAD-], scraped, smoothed, polished, smooth: torno buxum, V.: fibula, O.
    * * *
    rasilis, rasile ADJ
    worn smooth, polished

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  • 8 teres

        teres etis, adj.    [1 TER-], rounded off, rounded, well-turned, round, smooth: stipites, Cs.: oliva, V.: fusus, O.: hastile, L.: mucro, V.: cervix, rounded, V.: puer, a graceful figure, H.: plagae, tightly twisted, H.: zona, neat, O.: gemma, becoming, V.—Fig., finished, complete, smooth, polished: (sapiens) in se ipso totus teres atque rotundus, H.: Atticorum aures: oratio, polished.
    * * *
    (gen.), teretis ADJ
    smooth; tapering

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  • 9 nitidus

    nĭtĭdus, a, um, adj. [niteo], shining, glittering, bright, polished, clear (class.; syn.: splendidus, lautus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    facite, sultis, nitidae ut aedes meae sint,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 8:

    in picturis alios horrida, inculta... contra alios nitida, laeta delectant,

    Cic. Or. 11, 36:

    nitidus juventā (anguis),

    Verg. G. 3, 437:

    caesaries,

    id. ib. 4, 337:

    caput solis,

    id. ib. 1, 467:

    ebur,

    Ov. M. 2, 3:

    aries nitidissimus auro,

    id. F. 3, 867:

    aether,

    Val. Fl. 3, 467:

    pisces,

    with gleaming scales, Ov. M. 1, 74:

    cujus turbavit nitidos exstinctus passer ocellos,

    Juv. 6, 8.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of animals, sleek, plump, fat:

    jumenta,

    Nep. Eum. 5, 6.—
    2.
    Of persons, well-conditioned, well-favored, healthy-looking:

    me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 15.—So, nitidis sensibus haurire aliquid, with fresh, unblunted, unsated senses, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 193.—
    3.
    Good-looking, handsome, beautiful, neat, elegant, spruce, trim:

    nimis nitida femina,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 4:

    quos pexo capillo nitidos videtis,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22:

    ex nitido fit rusticus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 83:

    villae,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 46:

    nitidioris vitae instrumenta,

    Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100.—
    4.
    Of fields and plants, blooming, fertile, luxuriant:

    nitidae fruges arbustaque laeta,

    Lucr. 2, 594:

    campi nitidissimi viridissimique,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

    nitidissima arboris pars,

    Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 104. — Poet.:

    nitidissimus annus,

    rich, fertile, Ov. F. 5, 265.—
    5.
    Of the wrestling ring, in allusion to the oil with which the wrestlers' bodies were anointed: palaestrae, Mart. 4, 8, 5.—
    II.
    Trop., cultivated, polished, refined:

    nitidum quoddam genus verborum et laetum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 81:

    verba nitidiora,

    id. Part. 5, 17:

    Isocrates nitidus et comptus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 79:

    Messala,

    id. 1, 7, 35:

    oratio,

    id. 8, 3, 18; 49;

    orator,

    id. 12, 10, 78:

    nitida et curata vox,

    id. 11, 3, 26:

    hilares nitidique vocantur,

    Juv. 11, 178:

    vita nitidior,

    Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100.—Hence, adv.: nĭtĭdē, splendidly, brightly, beautifully, magnificently:

    ut nitide nitet,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 3:

    cenare nitide,

    id. Cas. 3, 6, 19; cf. id. Cist. 1, 1, 11.

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  • 10 perpolio

    per-pŏlĭo, īvi, ītum ( fut. perpolibo, App. M. 6, 28), 4, v. a., to polish well.
    I.
    Lit.:

    loco calce arenāque perpolito,

    Vell. 2, 22, 3:

    aurum tritu perpolitum,

    Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 66:

    caudae setas horridas comptā diligentiā perpolibo,

    App. M. 6, 28, p. 185; cf. Vell. 2, 22, 4.—
    II.
    Trop., to polish, perfect, finish, put the finishing hand to (class.):

    opus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54:

    perpolire et absolvere aliquid,

    id. Univ. 13:

    perpolire atque conficere,

    id. de Or. 2, 28, 121:

    perpoliendi labor,

    id. Balb. 7, 17:

    ea, quae habes instituta, perpolies,

    id. Fam. 5, 12, 10.— Hence, perpŏlītus, a, um, P. a., thoroughly polished or refined:

    homines perfecti in dicendo et perpoliti,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58:

    qui non sit omnibus iis artibus perpolitus,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 72; so,

    litteris perpolitus,

    id. Pis. 29, 70:

    vita perpolita humanitate (opp. immanis),

    id. Sest. 42, 92:

    oratio,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 31:

    explicatio,

    id. ib. 2, 27, 120.—Hence, adv.: perpŏlītē, in a very polished manner; in sup.:

    perfecte et perpolitissime absolutae,

    Auct. Her. 4, 32, 44.

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  • 11 perpolite

    per-pŏlĭo, īvi, ītum ( fut. perpolibo, App. M. 6, 28), 4, v. a., to polish well.
    I.
    Lit.:

    loco calce arenāque perpolito,

    Vell. 2, 22, 3:

    aurum tritu perpolitum,

    Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 66:

    caudae setas horridas comptā diligentiā perpolibo,

    App. M. 6, 28, p. 185; cf. Vell. 2, 22, 4.—
    II.
    Trop., to polish, perfect, finish, put the finishing hand to (class.):

    opus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54:

    perpolire et absolvere aliquid,

    id. Univ. 13:

    perpolire atque conficere,

    id. de Or. 2, 28, 121:

    perpoliendi labor,

    id. Balb. 7, 17:

    ea, quae habes instituta, perpolies,

    id. Fam. 5, 12, 10.— Hence, perpŏlītus, a, um, P. a., thoroughly polished or refined:

    homines perfecti in dicendo et perpoliti,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58:

    qui non sit omnibus iis artibus perpolitus,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 72; so,

    litteris perpolitus,

    id. Pis. 29, 70:

    vita perpolita humanitate (opp. immanis),

    id. Sest. 42, 92:

    oratio,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 31:

    explicatio,

    id. ib. 2, 27, 120.—Hence, adv.: perpŏlītē, in a very polished manner; in sup.:

    perfecte et perpolitissime absolutae,

    Auct. Her. 4, 32, 44.

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  • 12 Polio

    1.
    pŏlĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf polibant, Verg. A. 8, 436), v. a. [root par, in parēre, appārere; cf. pulcher], to smooth, furbish, polish (class.; syn.: limo, levigo).
    I.
    Lit.: ROGVM ASCIA NE POLITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:

    parietem tectorio,

    Col. 8, 8, 3:

    daedala signa,

    Lucr. 5, 1451:

    gemmas cotibus,

    Plin. 37, 8, 32, § 109:

    ligna squatinae piscis cute,

    id. 32, 9, 34, § 108. marmora, id. 36, 6, 9, § 52:

    scabritiam ferri hircorum sanguine,

    id. 28, 9, 41, § 148:

    lapis politus,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 27:

    polite lanceas,

    id. Jer. 46, 4.—
    B.
    Transf. (= apparare, curare, colere), to set off, adorn, decorate, embellish: causa poliendi agri, Enn. ap. Non. 66, 27 (Ann. v. 324 Vahl.); cf.:

    campi politi,

    id. ib. (Sat. v. 23 Vahl.); and:

    politus culturā fundus,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5:

    vestes,

    to scour, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197; cf.

    vestimenta,

    Dig. 47, 2, 12; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162:

    linum in filo,

    Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18:

    minium in officinis,

    id. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

    domus polita,

    well-ordered, Phaedr. 4, 5, 26; cf.:

    regie polita aedificia,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.—
    II.
    Trop., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 63:

    ut opus poliat lima non exterat,

    Quint. 10, 4, 4:

    verba,

    id. 8, 6, 63:

    materiam versibus senariis,

    Phaedr. 1, prol. 2:

    carmina,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 61:

    mores,

    Petr. 8. —Hence, pŏlītus, a, um, P. a. (in the trop. sense), polished, accomplished, refined, cultivated, polite (class.):

    doctrinā homines,

    Lucr. 3, 307:

    homo politus e scholā,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

    politus artibus,

    id. Fin. 1, 7, 26:

    homo (orator),

    id. de Or. 2, 58, 236:

    aliquem politum reddere,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 6. accurata et polita oratio, Cic. Brut. 95, 326; cf.:

    ornata oratio et polita,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 31; so,

    epistula,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2.— Comp.:

    Crassus (in dicendo) politior et ornatior,

    Tac. Or. 18:

    facundia politiorem fieri,

    Val. Max. 2, 2, 2:

    homo politioris humanitatis expers,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.— Sup.:

    vir omni liberali doctrinā politissimus,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—Hence, adv.: pŏlītē, in a polished manner, exquisitely, elegantly:

    polite subtiliterque effici,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

    polite apteque dicere,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 5:

    ornate politeque dicere,

    id. Cael. 3, 8:

    scribere,

    id. Brut. 19, 76.— Comp.:

    politius perfectiusque proferre aliquid,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

    politius limare,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 2.
    2.
    pŏlĭo, ōnis, v. pellio.
    3.
    Pōlio ( Pollio), ōnis, m., the name of a music-teacher, Juv. 7, 176.

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  • 13 polio

    1.
    pŏlĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf polibant, Verg. A. 8, 436), v. a. [root par, in parēre, appārere; cf. pulcher], to smooth, furbish, polish (class.; syn.: limo, levigo).
    I.
    Lit.: ROGVM ASCIA NE POLITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:

    parietem tectorio,

    Col. 8, 8, 3:

    daedala signa,

    Lucr. 5, 1451:

    gemmas cotibus,

    Plin. 37, 8, 32, § 109:

    ligna squatinae piscis cute,

    id. 32, 9, 34, § 108. marmora, id. 36, 6, 9, § 52:

    scabritiam ferri hircorum sanguine,

    id. 28, 9, 41, § 148:

    lapis politus,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 27:

    polite lanceas,

    id. Jer. 46, 4.—
    B.
    Transf. (= apparare, curare, colere), to set off, adorn, decorate, embellish: causa poliendi agri, Enn. ap. Non. 66, 27 (Ann. v. 324 Vahl.); cf.:

    campi politi,

    id. ib. (Sat. v. 23 Vahl.); and:

    politus culturā fundus,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5:

    vestes,

    to scour, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197; cf.

    vestimenta,

    Dig. 47, 2, 12; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162:

    linum in filo,

    Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18:

    minium in officinis,

    id. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

    domus polita,

    well-ordered, Phaedr. 4, 5, 26; cf.:

    regie polita aedificia,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.—
    II.
    Trop., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 63:

    ut opus poliat lima non exterat,

    Quint. 10, 4, 4:

    verba,

    id. 8, 6, 63:

    materiam versibus senariis,

    Phaedr. 1, prol. 2:

    carmina,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 61:

    mores,

    Petr. 8. —Hence, pŏlītus, a, um, P. a. (in the trop. sense), polished, accomplished, refined, cultivated, polite (class.):

    doctrinā homines,

    Lucr. 3, 307:

    homo politus e scholā,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

    politus artibus,

    id. Fin. 1, 7, 26:

    homo (orator),

    id. de Or. 2, 58, 236:

    aliquem politum reddere,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 6. accurata et polita oratio, Cic. Brut. 95, 326; cf.:

    ornata oratio et polita,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 31; so,

    epistula,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2.— Comp.:

    Crassus (in dicendo) politior et ornatior,

    Tac. Or. 18:

    facundia politiorem fieri,

    Val. Max. 2, 2, 2:

    homo politioris humanitatis expers,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.— Sup.:

    vir omni liberali doctrinā politissimus,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—Hence, adv.: pŏlītē, in a polished manner, exquisitely, elegantly:

    polite subtiliterque effici,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

    polite apteque dicere,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 5:

    ornate politeque dicere,

    id. Cael. 3, 8:

    scribere,

    id. Brut. 19, 76.— Comp.:

    politius perfectiusque proferre aliquid,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

    politius limare,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 2.
    2.
    pŏlĭo, ōnis, v. pellio.
    3.
    Pōlio ( Pollio), ōnis, m., the name of a music-teacher, Juv. 7, 176.

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  • 14 Pollio

    1.
    pŏlĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf polibant, Verg. A. 8, 436), v. a. [root par, in parēre, appārere; cf. pulcher], to smooth, furbish, polish (class.; syn.: limo, levigo).
    I.
    Lit.: ROGVM ASCIA NE POLITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:

    parietem tectorio,

    Col. 8, 8, 3:

    daedala signa,

    Lucr. 5, 1451:

    gemmas cotibus,

    Plin. 37, 8, 32, § 109:

    ligna squatinae piscis cute,

    id. 32, 9, 34, § 108. marmora, id. 36, 6, 9, § 52:

    scabritiam ferri hircorum sanguine,

    id. 28, 9, 41, § 148:

    lapis politus,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 27:

    polite lanceas,

    id. Jer. 46, 4.—
    B.
    Transf. (= apparare, curare, colere), to set off, adorn, decorate, embellish: causa poliendi agri, Enn. ap. Non. 66, 27 (Ann. v. 324 Vahl.); cf.:

    campi politi,

    id. ib. (Sat. v. 23 Vahl.); and:

    politus culturā fundus,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5:

    vestes,

    to scour, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197; cf.

    vestimenta,

    Dig. 47, 2, 12; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162:

    linum in filo,

    Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18:

    minium in officinis,

    id. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

    domus polita,

    well-ordered, Phaedr. 4, 5, 26; cf.:

    regie polita aedificia,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.—
    II.
    Trop., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 63:

    ut opus poliat lima non exterat,

    Quint. 10, 4, 4:

    verba,

    id. 8, 6, 63:

    materiam versibus senariis,

    Phaedr. 1, prol. 2:

    carmina,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 61:

    mores,

    Petr. 8. —Hence, pŏlītus, a, um, P. a. (in the trop. sense), polished, accomplished, refined, cultivated, polite (class.):

    doctrinā homines,

    Lucr. 3, 307:

    homo politus e scholā,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

    politus artibus,

    id. Fin. 1, 7, 26:

    homo (orator),

    id. de Or. 2, 58, 236:

    aliquem politum reddere,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 6. accurata et polita oratio, Cic. Brut. 95, 326; cf.:

    ornata oratio et polita,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 31; so,

    epistula,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2.— Comp.:

    Crassus (in dicendo) politior et ornatior,

    Tac. Or. 18:

    facundia politiorem fieri,

    Val. Max. 2, 2, 2:

    homo politioris humanitatis expers,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.— Sup.:

    vir omni liberali doctrinā politissimus,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—Hence, adv.: pŏlītē, in a polished manner, exquisitely, elegantly:

    polite subtiliterque effici,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

    polite apteque dicere,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 5:

    ornate politeque dicere,

    id. Cael. 3, 8:

    scribere,

    id. Brut. 19, 76.— Comp.:

    politius perfectiusque proferre aliquid,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

    politius limare,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 2.
    2.
    pŏlĭo, ōnis, v. pellio.
    3.
    Pōlio ( Pollio), ōnis, m., the name of a music-teacher, Juv. 7, 176.

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  • 15 teres

    tĕrĕs, ĕtis, adj. [tero; cf. Gr. terên, tender], rounded off, rounded, well-turned, round, smooth, etc.:

    teres est in longitudine rotundatum, quales asseres natura ministrat,

    Fest. p. 363 Müll. (class.; syn. rotundus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    stipites,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

    palus,

    Col. 4, 33, 4:

    trunci arborum,

    Verg. A. 6, 207:

    oliva,

    id. E. 8, 16:

    virga,

    Ov. M. 2, 135:

    fusus,

    id. ib. 6, 22:

    hastile,

    Liv. 21, 8, 10: mucro, Verg. A. 7, 665:

    lapillus,

    Ov. M. 10, 260:

    (fundae) habena,

    Verg. A. 11, 579.—Of parts of the body:

    cervix,

    round, slender, Lucr. 1, 35, Verg. A. 8, 633; so,

    collum,

    Ov. M. 10, 113:

    brachiolum,

    Cat. 61, 181. surae, Hor. C. 2, 4, 21, Ov. M. 11, 80:

    membra,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    digiti,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 622, hence, of the form:

    puer,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 28.—Of other objects:

    plagae,

    tightly twisted, firmly woven, Hor. C. 1, 1, 28 strophium, Cat. 64, 65:

    zona,

    Ov. F. 2, 320:

    gemma,

    Verg. A. 5, 313:

    iaspis, Claud Rapt. Pros. 2, 40: catena,

    Luc. 3, 565:

    filum,

    Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 80:

    mitra,

    Claud. in Eutr. 2, 185: coma, curling, curly, Varr. ap Non. 328, 12.—
    II.
    Trop., in gen., smooth, polished, elegani:

    (sapiens) teres atque rotundus,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 86, imitated by Aus. Idyll. 16, 4:

    Atticorum aures teretes et religiosae,

    Cic. Or. 9, 27:

    teretes aures intellegensque judicium,

    id. Opt. Gen. 4, 11:

    vox in disputationibus,

    smooth, without impediment, Quint. 11, 3, 64:

    oratio plena, sed tamen teres,

    rounded off, polished, Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 199:

    Ciceroni mollius teretiusque visum est, fretu scribere quam freto,

    Gell. 13, 20, 15.— Sup. and adv. seem not to occur.

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  • 16 urbanus

    urbānus, a, um, adj. [urbs], of or belonging to the city or town, city-, town- (opp. rusticus; cf.: urbicus, oppidanus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Adj.:

    nostri majores non sine causā praeponebant rusticos Romanos urbanis,

    Varr. R. R. 2, praef. §

    1: rustica et urbana vita,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 1:

    vita (opp. rustica),

    Quint. 2, 4, 24; cf. Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 17:

    urbani assidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165:

    scurra,

    id. Most. 1, 1, 14:

    leges,

    id. Rud. 4, 3, 85:

    tribus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38:

    praetor,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

    plebes,

    Sall. C. 37, 4:

    servitia,

    id. ib. 24, 4:

    exercitus,

    Liv. 27, 3, 9:

    administratio rei publicae (opp. provincialis),

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 43:

    res,

    Plaut. Cas. 1, 13; Caes. B. G. 7, 6:

    motus,

    id. ib. 7, 1:

    luxus,

    Tac. A. 2, 44: praedia, land and houses, all land covered by buildings (v. praedium), Dig. 50, 16, 198; 8, 1, 1; cf. ib. 8, tit. 2:

    fundus,

    Cato, R. R. 8, 2:

    rus,

    Just. 31, 2:

    cohortes,

    Dig. 25, 1, 8, § 9.—
    2.
    Subst.: urbā-nus, i, m., an inhabitant of a city, a city man, citizen:

    urbani fiunt rustici,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 15 sq.:

    omnes urbani, rustici,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 77:

    sermo omnis non modo urbanorum, sed etiam rusticorum,

    id. Or. 24, 81:

    otiosi,

    Liv. 5, 20, 6:

    obrepere urbanis,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 2.—
    B.
    Esp., devoted to the city, fond of city life:

    diligere secessum, quem tu nimis urbanus es, nisi concupiscis,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 29.—
    II.
    Transf., in the city fashion, in the city style, citizenlike, both in a good and a bad sense.
    A.
    In a good sense.
    1.
    Polished, refined, cultivated, courteous, affable, urbane (syn.:

    comis, humanus): hominem non solum sapientem, verum etiam, ut nunc loquimur urbanum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 3; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 34 sq.; so Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17.—
    b.
    Transf., of plants, improved, cultivated, ornamental: sunt arborum quaedam urbaniores, quas his placet nominibus distinguere. Hae mites, quae fructu atque aliqua dote umbrarumve officio humaniusjuvant, non improbe dicantur urbanae. Plin. 16, 19, 32, § 78:

    acanthi topiariae et urbanae herbae,

    id. 22, 22, 34, § 76.—
    2.
    Of speech.
    a.
    In gen., refined, polished, elegant. nice, choice:

    in vocibus nostrorum oratorum recinit quiddam et resonat urbanius,

    Cic. Brut. 46, 171:

    genus dicendi,

    Quint. 2, 8, 4:

    os facile, explanatum, jucundum, urbanum, id est, in quo nulla neque rusticitas neque peregrinitas resonet,

    id. 11, 3, 30:

    distinctior et urbanior et altior Cicero,

    Tac. Or. 18.—
    b.
    In [p. 1935] partic., of wit, witty, humorous, facetious: urbanus homo erit, cujus multa bene dicta responsaque erunt: et qui in sermonibus, circulis, conviviis, item in contionibus, omni denique loco ridicule commodeque dicet, Domit. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 105:

    dictum per se urbanum,

    id. 6, 3, 54:

    circumfertur Marcii Philippi velut urbanissimum factum atque dictum,

    Col. 8, 16, 3:

    qui est in isto genere urbanissimus,

    Cic. Cael. 15, 36:

    Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

    id. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

    homines lauti et urbani,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17:

    hic tibi comis et urbanus liberque videtur,

    witty, clever, Hor. S. 1, 4, 90:

    urbanus coepit haberi,

    id. Ep. 1, 15, 27:

    in senatu dicax et urbanus et bellus,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 25, 3:

    urbanos qui illa censuerunt dicam an miseros? Dicerem urbanos, si senatum deceret urbanitas,

    id. ib. 8, 6, 3.—
    B.
    In a bad sense, bold, forward, impudent:

    frontis ad urbanae descendi praemia,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

    audacia,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8.— Adv.: urbānē (acc. to II. A.).
    1.
    Courteously, civilly, affably, politely, urbanely:

    severe et graviter et prisce agere, an remisse ac leniter et urbane,

    Cic. Cael. 14, 33:

    urbanius agere,

    id. ib. 15, 36: urbanissime et prudentissime adjuvit, Treb. Gallien. 14.—More freq.,
    2.
    Of speech, wittily, acutely, elegantly, happily:

    aliquem facete et urbane ridere,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 39:

    bene et urbane dicere,

    Quint. 6, 3, 42; 5, 7, 26; 6, 1, 46 al.:

    interrogare,

    id. 11, 3, 126:

    emendare,

    id. 8, 3, 54:

    urbanius elabi,

    id. 2, 11, 2:

    urbanissime respondere,

    Gell. 15, 5, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > urbanus

  • 17 adēsus

        adēsus    P. of adedo.
    * * *
    adesa, adesum ADJ
    eaten, gnawed; worn away by water, eroded

    adesi lapides -- smooth/polished

    Latin-English dictionary > adēsus

  • 18 conditus

        conditus adj.    [P. of condo], close, hidden, secret: praecordia, H.
    * * *
    I
    condita -um, conditior -or -us, conditissimus -a -um ADJ
    seasoned, spiced up, flavored, savory; polished, ornamented (discourse/style)
    II
    condita, conditum ADJ
    preserved, kept in store; hidden, concealed, secret; sunken (eyes)
    III
    founding (of a city); establishment; preparing (L+S); preserving fruit; hiding

    Latin-English dictionary > conditus

  • 19 cultus

        cultus ūs, m    [COL-], labor, care, cultivation, culture: agricolarum: agrorum, L.: fructum edere sine cultu hominum: corporis: frequens, constant, V.: praediscere patrios cultūs, traditional methods of husbandry, V.—Fig., training, education, culture: malo cultu corruptus: animi, mental discipline: pueritiae, means of education, S.: honestarum artium, Ta.: Recti cultūs, H.: Quīs neque mos neque cultus erat, civilization, V.—Style, care, way of life, cultivation, civilization, refinement, luxury: a cultu provinciae abesse, Cs.: humanus civilisque: (sequar) cultūs artīsque locorum, O.: lubido ganeae ceterique cultūs, dissipation, S.: in neutram partem cultūs miser, i. e. neither by gluttony nor by stinginess, H.—An honoring, reverence, adoration, veneration: deorum: cultu venerantur numina, O.: sui, Ta.: meus, for me, Ta.—Attire, dress, garb: miserabilis, S.: forma viri miseranda cultu, V.: virilis, H.: Dianae, O.: nulla cultūs iactatio, display in armor, Ta.: cultūs dotales, bridal array, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    culta -um, cultior -or -us, cultissimus -a -um ADJ
    cultivated/tilled/farmed (well); ornamented, neat/well groomed; polished/elegant
    II
    habitation; cultivation (land); civilization, refinement; polish, elegance; care, worship, devotion/observance; form of worship, cult; training/education; personal care/maintenance/grooming; style; finery, splendor; neatness/order

    Latin-English dictionary > cultus

  • 20 expolītus

        expolītus adj. with comp.    [P. of expolio], polished, smooth: expolitior dens, Ct.— Refined: vir vitā.

    Latin-English dictionary > expolītus

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