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  • 1 līmātus

        līmātus adj. with comp.    [P. of limo], polished, refined, elegant, fine, accurate: vir oratione: genus librorum limatius: fuerit limatior idem, H.
    * * *
    limata -um, limatior -or -us, limatissimus -a -um ADJ

    Latin-English dictionary > līmātus

  • 2 Limo

    1.
    līmō, adv., v. 1. limus fin.
    2.
    līmo, āvi, ātum (arch. limassis, for limaveris, Caecil. Com. 140), 1, v. a. [lima], to file.
    I.
    Lit.:

    gemmis scalpendis atque limandis,

    Plin. 36, 7, 10, § 54.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To file off:

    plumbum limatum,

    lead-filings, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 168:

    limata scobs,

    id. ib.:

    cornum limatum lima lignaria,

    Scrib. 141:

    acumen ossis,

    Cels. 8, 10, 7.—
    2.
    To rub, whet:

    cornu ad saxa limato,

    Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71;

    hence, limare caput cum aliquo,

    to kiss, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 40; id. Poen. 1, 2, 82.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to file, polish, finish:

    quaedam institui, quae limantur a me politius,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

    stilus hoc maxime ornat ac limat,

    id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

    ut ars aliquid limare non possit,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 115:

    vir nostrorum hominum urbanitate limatus,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 74.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To investigate accurately, to clear of every thing superfluous:

    veritas ipsa limatur in disputatione,

    Cic. Off. 2, 10, 35:

    subtiliter mendacium,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 49. —
    2.
    Cum se ipse consulto ad minutarum causarum genera limaverit, has prepared one's self thoroughly for, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 9.—
    3.
    To file off, take away from, diminish:

    tantum alteri affinxit, de altero limavit,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36:

    de tua prolixa beneficaque natura limavit aliquid posterior annus,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 8:

    commoda alicujus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 38:

    multum inde decoquent anni, multum ratio limabit,

    Quint. 2, 4, 7. —Hence, līmātus, a, um, P. a., polished, refined, elegant, fine, accurate:

    vir oratione maxime limatus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 180:

    jure madens, varioque togae limatus in usu,

    Mart. 7, 51, 5:

    pressum limatumque genus dicendi,

    Quint. 2, 8, 4; 11, 1, 3:

    Attici,

    id. 12, 10, 17.— Comp.:

    limatius dicendi genus,

    Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

    comis et urbanus fuerit limatior idem,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 65:

    limatius ingenium,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 21.—Hence, adv.: līmātē, finely, elegantly, accurately; comp.:

    limatius scriptum,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12:

    limatius quaerere,

    Amm. 15, 13, 2.
    3.
    līmo, āre, v. a. [2. limus], to bemire, besmirch (in double sense, v. 2. limo, I. 2.):

    caput alicui,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 82.
    4.
    † Līmo, ōnis, m., = leimôn, the Meadow, the name of a writing of Cicero, Suet. Vit. Ter.—
    II.
    A Roman surname: C. Apronius Limo, Ascon. ap. Cic. Or. pro Scauro.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Limo

  • 3 limo

    1.
    līmō, adv., v. 1. limus fin.
    2.
    līmo, āvi, ātum (arch. limassis, for limaveris, Caecil. Com. 140), 1, v. a. [lima], to file.
    I.
    Lit.:

    gemmis scalpendis atque limandis,

    Plin. 36, 7, 10, § 54.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To file off:

    plumbum limatum,

    lead-filings, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 168:

    limata scobs,

    id. ib.:

    cornum limatum lima lignaria,

    Scrib. 141:

    acumen ossis,

    Cels. 8, 10, 7.—
    2.
    To rub, whet:

    cornu ad saxa limato,

    Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71;

    hence, limare caput cum aliquo,

    to kiss, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 40; id. Poen. 1, 2, 82.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to file, polish, finish:

    quaedam institui, quae limantur a me politius,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

    stilus hoc maxime ornat ac limat,

    id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

    ut ars aliquid limare non possit,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 115:

    vir nostrorum hominum urbanitate limatus,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 74.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To investigate accurately, to clear of every thing superfluous:

    veritas ipsa limatur in disputatione,

    Cic. Off. 2, 10, 35:

    subtiliter mendacium,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 49. —
    2.
    Cum se ipse consulto ad minutarum causarum genera limaverit, has prepared one's self thoroughly for, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 9.—
    3.
    To file off, take away from, diminish:

    tantum alteri affinxit, de altero limavit,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36:

    de tua prolixa beneficaque natura limavit aliquid posterior annus,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 8:

    commoda alicujus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 38:

    multum inde decoquent anni, multum ratio limabit,

    Quint. 2, 4, 7. —Hence, līmātus, a, um, P. a., polished, refined, elegant, fine, accurate:

    vir oratione maxime limatus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 180:

    jure madens, varioque togae limatus in usu,

    Mart. 7, 51, 5:

    pressum limatumque genus dicendi,

    Quint. 2, 8, 4; 11, 1, 3:

    Attici,

    id. 12, 10, 17.— Comp.:

    limatius dicendi genus,

    Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

    comis et urbanus fuerit limatior idem,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 65:

    limatius ingenium,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 21.—Hence, adv.: līmātē, finely, elegantly, accurately; comp.:

    limatius scriptum,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12:

    limatius quaerere,

    Amm. 15, 13, 2.
    3.
    līmo, āre, v. a. [2. limus], to bemire, besmirch (in double sense, v. 2. limo, I. 2.):

    caput alicui,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 82.
    4.
    † Līmo, ōnis, m., = leimôn, the Meadow, the name of a writing of Cicero, Suet. Vit. Ter.—
    II.
    A Roman surname: C. Apronius Limo, Ascon. ap. Cic. Or. pro Scauro.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > limo

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  • besmirch — smirch, dirty, sully, *soil, foul, befoul, grime, begrime, tarnish Analogous words: *spot, spatter, sprinkle Antonyms: cleanse …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • besmirch — besmircher, n. /bi smerrch /, v.t. 1. to soil; tarnish; discolor. 2. to detract from the honor or luster of: to besmirch someone s good name. [1590 1600; BE + SMIRCH] Syn. 2. stain, tarnish, soil, blacken, dishonor, discredit, sully, besmear. * * …   Universalium

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  • besmirch — be|smirch [bıˈsmə:tʃ US ə:rtʃ] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: smirch to make dirty (15 20 centuries), perhaps from Old French esmorcher to torture ] literary besmirch sb s honour/reputation to spoil the good opinion that people have of someone …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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