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  • 1 lēvō

        lēvō āvī, ātus, āre    [2 lēvis], to make smooth, polish: levato ferro Spicula, V.—Fig., to polish, smoothe: nimis aspera sano cultu, H.
    * * *
    I
    levare, levavi, levatus V
    lift up; comfort; release, free from; lighten, lessen, relieve
    II
    levare, levavi, levatus V
    make smooth, polish; free from hair, depilate

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  • 2 poliō

        poliō īre    （imperf. polibant, V.), īvī, ītus, to smooth, furbish, polish: rogum asciā, C. (XII Tabb.): pulvinar Indo dente, Ct.—To adorn, decorate, embellish: Aegida squamis, V.: domus polita, well-ordered, Ph.—Fig., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis: materiam versibus senariis, Ph.: carmina, O.
    * * *
    polire, polivi, politus V
    smooth, polish; refine, give finish to

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  • 3 expolio

    expŏlĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a., to smooth off, make smooth, polish.
    I.
    Lit.:

    hac (i. e. herinacei) cute expoliuntur vestes,

    Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 135:

    libellus arida pumice expolitus,

    Cat. 1, 2:

    aedes expolitae,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 18:

    expolitus paries,

    Vitr. 7, 9; cf. under P. a.:

    signum,

    Quint. 2, 19, 3:

    scabritias unguium,

    Plin. 24, 4, 6, § 12.— Pass. in mid. force:

    numquam concessavimus poliri, expoliri, pingi,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 11. —
    II.
    Trop., to polish, finish, accomplish, embellish, improve, refine, elaborate:

    parentes (liberos) expoliunt, docent litteras,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 45; cf.:

    Dionem Plato doctrinis omnibus expolivit,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 139:

    vir omni vita atque victu excultus atque expolitus,

    id. Brut. 25, 95:

    illi te expoliendum limandumque permittas,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 10:

    Graeca doctrina expolitus,

    Gell. 15, 11, 3:

    nox te expolivit hominemque reddidit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 40:

    nihil omnibus ex partibus perfectum natura expolivit,

    id. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

    inventum,

    Auct. Her. 2, 18, 27:

    eandem rem eodem modo dicere... id obtundere auditorem est, non rem expolire,

    id. 4, 42, 54:

    partiones,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 41, 76:

    orationem,

    Quint. 8, 3, 42:

    consilium,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 60:

    opus,

    id. Mil. 4, 4, 38.—
    B.
    Com., to polish off, i. e. to ruin:

    qui amat, nequit quin nihili sit atque improbis artibus se expoliat,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 3.—Hence, expŏlī-tus, a, um, P. a., polished, smooth, neat, clean:

    dens expolitior,

    Cat. 39, 20:

    frumenta expolitiora,

    Col. 2, 20, 6: villae expolitissimae, Scipio Afric. ap. Gell. 2, 20, 6.

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  • 4 expoliō

        expoliō īvī, ītus, īre,    to smooth, polish, finish, adorn, embellish, refine, elaborate: nox te expolivit: Dionem doctrinis omnibus.
    * * *
    I
    expoliare, expoliavi, expoliatus V
    II
    expolire, expolivi, expolitus V
    polish; refine

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  • 5 līmō

        līmō āvī, ātus, āre    [lima], to file, polish, finish: stilus hoc maxime ornat ac limat: vir urbanitate limatus.— To investigate accurately, clear up: veritas limatur in disputatione: mendacium Subtiliter, Ph.— To file off, take away from, diminish: tantum alteri adfinxit, de altero limavit: mea commoda, H.: se ad minutarum causarum genera, i. e. limited himself.
    * * *
    limare, limavi, limatus V
    file; polish; file down; detract gradually from

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  • 6 depolio

    depolire, depolivi, depolitus V TRANS
    polish thoroughly; smooth, polish off (L+S)

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  • 7 elimo

    elimare, elimavi, elimatus V TRANS
    make/remove by filing; polish w/file; file off; produce/write w/care/polish

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  • 8 laevo

    1.
    lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of fut. perf. levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1), v. a. [1. levis], to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: extollo, erigo).
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit,

    Verg. A. 4, 690:

    se de caespite,

    to rise, Ov. M. 2, 427:

    se saxo,

    id. F. 4, 528:

    cum se matura levarit progenies (avium),

    Juv. 14, 83:

    apis se confestim levat sublimius,

    Col. 9, 12, 1; Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69; 36, 16, 24, § 122:

    per hiemem, quae altius levat Alpes, i. e. by the snow,

    Flor. 3, 3, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make lighter, lighten, to relieve, ease: cantantes ut eamus, ego te fasce levabo, Verg. E. 9, 65:

    serpentum colla levavit,

    i. e. alighted from the dragon-car, Ov. M. 8, 798:

    dentes,

    to clean the teeth, Mart. 14, 22:

    vesicam,

    Spart. Carac. 7:

    jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima, sed nec damna levant,

    do not lighten the ship, Juv. 12, 53.—
    2.
    To take away, take:

    furcā levat ille bicorni sordida terga suis,

    takes down, Ov. M. 8, 647:

    alicui manicas atque arcta Vincla,

    Verg. A. 2, 146:

    tributum,

    to raise, levy, Dig. 50, 15, 4, § 2.—
    II.
    Trop., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support a person or thing with any thing (freq. and class.). —Of a personal object:

    non nihil enim me levant tuae litterae hoc tempore,

    Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1.—Of things as objects: O Tite, si quid te adjuero curamve levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1 (Ann. v. 339 Vahl.); so,

    auxilio viros,

    Verg. A. 2, 452; 4, 538:

    curam et angorem animi sermone et consilio,

    Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1:

    molestias,

    id. Fam. 4, 3, 2:

    fonte sitim,

    to slake, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26:

    arida ora aqua,

    to refresh, id. R. Am. 230; so,

    membra gramine,

    id. F. 6, 328.— Pass.:

    levantur tamen miserae civitates, quod nullus fit sumptus in nos,

    Cic. Att. 5, 16, 3.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate (cf.:

    laxo, libero): meam egestatem,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 62:

    alicui paupertatem,

    id. Ep. 4, 1, 33:

    morbum,

    id. Mil. 4, 6, 57:

    inopiam multum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 48, 1:

    salutari arte fessos Corporis artus,

    Hor. C. S. 63:

    morbi vim levaturus,

    Curt. 3, 6, 2:

    levavitque apertis horreis pretia frugum,

    reduced, Tac. A. 2, 59:

    vario viam sermone,

    Verg. A. 8, 309:

    injurias,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

    suspicionem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

    ut sumptus levaretur,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 43 (52), 2:

    calamitatem innocentium,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

    his levabat omnem vulnerum metum nobilitas mortis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 59:

    qui paupertatem levet propinqui,

    Juv. 14, 236.—
    2.
    To lessen, diminish, weaken, impair: cave lassitudo poplitum cursum levet, Att. ap. Non. 336, 29:

    laudem alicujus,

    id. ib. 31:

    inconstantiā levatur auctoritas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    multa fidem promissa levant,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10.—
    3.
    To relieve, release, discharge, free from any thing.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    leva me hoc onere,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

    aliquem miseriis,

    id. ib. 3, 8:

    me molestia,

    id. ib. 16, 9, 2:

    aliquem metu,

    Liv. 2, 22:

    animos religione,

    id. 21, 62; cf.:

    qui hac opinione non modo verbis, sed etiam opere levandi sunt,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    ut homines populares supplicio aut exsilio levarentur,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 13:

    se aere alieno,

    id. Att. 6, 2, 4:

    se infamiā,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: se vitā, Varr. ap. Non. 336, 33.—
    * (β).
    With gen.:

    ut me omnium jam laborum levas,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 27.—
    4.
    To avert:

    omen,

    Verg. A. 3, 36:

    ictum dextra,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.
    2.
    lēvo ( laevo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. levis], to make smooth, to smooth, polish.
    I.
    Lit.:

    levare ac radere tigna,

    Lucr. 5, 1267: corpus, * Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. et Cur. 5; Cels. 8, 3:

    magni levatique mensarum orbes,

    Sen. Helv. 11, 6:

    mensas,

    Stat. Th. 1, 519.—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, to smooth down, polish, soften:

    nimis aspera sano Levabit cultu,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 123.—Hence, P. a.: lēvātus, a, um; comp.:

    quae levatiora levioraque sunt,

    more highly polished, Gell. 17, 8, 15.

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  • 9 levo

    1.
    lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of fut. perf. levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1), v. a. [1. levis], to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: extollo, erigo).
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit,

    Verg. A. 4, 690:

    se de caespite,

    to rise, Ov. M. 2, 427:

    se saxo,

    id. F. 4, 528:

    cum se matura levarit progenies (avium),

    Juv. 14, 83:

    apis se confestim levat sublimius,

    Col. 9, 12, 1; Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69; 36, 16, 24, § 122:

    per hiemem, quae altius levat Alpes, i. e. by the snow,

    Flor. 3, 3, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make lighter, lighten, to relieve, ease: cantantes ut eamus, ego te fasce levabo, Verg. E. 9, 65:

    serpentum colla levavit,

    i. e. alighted from the dragon-car, Ov. M. 8, 798:

    dentes,

    to clean the teeth, Mart. 14, 22:

    vesicam,

    Spart. Carac. 7:

    jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima, sed nec damna levant,

    do not lighten the ship, Juv. 12, 53.—
    2.
    To take away, take:

    furcā levat ille bicorni sordida terga suis,

    takes down, Ov. M. 8, 647:

    alicui manicas atque arcta Vincla,

    Verg. A. 2, 146:

    tributum,

    to raise, levy, Dig. 50, 15, 4, § 2.—
    II.
    Trop., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support a person or thing with any thing (freq. and class.). —Of a personal object:

    non nihil enim me levant tuae litterae hoc tempore,

    Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1.—Of things as objects: O Tite, si quid te adjuero curamve levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1 (Ann. v. 339 Vahl.); so,

    auxilio viros,

    Verg. A. 2, 452; 4, 538:

    curam et angorem animi sermone et consilio,

    Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1:

    molestias,

    id. Fam. 4, 3, 2:

    fonte sitim,

    to slake, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26:

    arida ora aqua,

    to refresh, id. R. Am. 230; so,

    membra gramine,

    id. F. 6, 328.— Pass.:

    levantur tamen miserae civitates, quod nullus fit sumptus in nos,

    Cic. Att. 5, 16, 3.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate (cf.:

    laxo, libero): meam egestatem,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 62:

    alicui paupertatem,

    id. Ep. 4, 1, 33:

    morbum,

    id. Mil. 4, 6, 57:

    inopiam multum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 48, 1:

    salutari arte fessos Corporis artus,

    Hor. C. S. 63:

    morbi vim levaturus,

    Curt. 3, 6, 2:

    levavitque apertis horreis pretia frugum,

    reduced, Tac. A. 2, 59:

    vario viam sermone,

    Verg. A. 8, 309:

    injurias,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

    suspicionem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

    ut sumptus levaretur,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 43 (52), 2:

    calamitatem innocentium,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

    his levabat omnem vulnerum metum nobilitas mortis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 59:

    qui paupertatem levet propinqui,

    Juv. 14, 236.—
    2.
    To lessen, diminish, weaken, impair: cave lassitudo poplitum cursum levet, Att. ap. Non. 336, 29:

    laudem alicujus,

    id. ib. 31:

    inconstantiā levatur auctoritas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    multa fidem promissa levant,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10.—
    3.
    To relieve, release, discharge, free from any thing.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    leva me hoc onere,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

    aliquem miseriis,

    id. ib. 3, 8:

    me molestia,

    id. ib. 16, 9, 2:

    aliquem metu,

    Liv. 2, 22:

    animos religione,

    id. 21, 62; cf.:

    qui hac opinione non modo verbis, sed etiam opere levandi sunt,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    ut homines populares supplicio aut exsilio levarentur,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 13:

    se aere alieno,

    id. Att. 6, 2, 4:

    se infamiā,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: se vitā, Varr. ap. Non. 336, 33.—
    * (β).
    With gen.:

    ut me omnium jam laborum levas,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 27.—
    4.
    To avert:

    omen,

    Verg. A. 3, 36:

    ictum dextra,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.
    2.
    lēvo ( laevo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. levis], to make smooth, to smooth, polish.
    I.
    Lit.:

    levare ac radere tigna,

    Lucr. 5, 1267: corpus, * Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. et Cur. 5; Cels. 8, 3:

    magni levatique mensarum orbes,

    Sen. Helv. 11, 6:

    mensas,

    Stat. Th. 1, 519.—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, to smooth down, polish, soften:

    nimis aspera sano Levabit cultu,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 123.—Hence, P. a.: lēvātus, a, um; comp.:

    quae levatiora levioraque sunt,

    more highly polished, Gell. 17, 8, 15.

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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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > polio

  • 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Pollio

  • 15 castīgō

        castīgō āvī, ātus, āre    [castus + 1 AG-], to set right, correct, chastise, punish, blame, reprove, chide, censure, find fault with: pueros verberibus: seg niores, Cs.: castigando proficere, L.: Castigandi potestas, Cu.: litteris castigari, ut, etc., Cs.: in hoc me ipse castigo quod, etc.: moras, V.: vitia, Iu. — To correct, amend, polish: carmen ad unguem, H.: amicae verba, Iu. — To hold in check, restrain: quid illum credis facturum, nisi eum... castigas? T.: castigatus animi dolor.
    * * *
    castigare, castigavi, castigatus V
    chastise/chasten, punish; correct, reprimand/dress down, castigate; neutralize

    Latin-English dictionary > castīgō

  • 16 cultē

        cultē adv. with comp.    [cultus], elegantly: loqui, O.: cultius dicere, Ta.
    * * *
    cultius, cultissime ADV
    elegantly, smartly, stylishly; (of oratorical style); with polish/refinement

    Latin-English dictionary > cultē

  • 17 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

    Latin-English dictionary > cultus

  • 18 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

  • 19 ē-līmō

        ē-līmō āvī, ātus, āre,    to file off, polish, finish: catenas, O. — Fig.: rationes ad tenue elimatae, minutely.

    Latin-English dictionary > ē-līmō

  • 20 ērudiō

        ērudiō īvī, ītus, īre    [ex + rudis], to educate, instruct, teach, polish: studiosos discendi: alqm in iure: filios ad maiorum instituta: alqm disciplinā, N.: eruditi artibus militiae, L.: me de re p., keep me informed: te, satis esse, etc.— To teach, communicate, instruct in: alqm damnosas artīs, O.: percurrere telas, O.: quā possint arte capi, O.: oculos ut fleant, O.
    * * *
    erudire, erudivi, eruditus V
    educate, teach, instruct

    Latin-English dictionary > ērudiō

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