politissimus

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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).

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.—

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.—

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.

pŏlĭo, ōnis, v. pellio.

Pōlio ( Pollio), ōnis, m., the name of a music-teacher, Juv. 7, 176.

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).

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.—

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.—

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.

pŏlĭo, ōnis, v. pellio.

Pōlio ( Pollio), ōnis, m., the name of a music-teacher, Juv. 7, 176.

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).

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.—

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.—

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.

pŏlĭo, ōnis, v. pellio.

Pōlio ( Pollio), ōnis, m., the name of a music-teacher, Juv. 7, 176.

scriptor, ōris, m. [scribo], one who writes.

In gen. (acc. to scribo, I.), a writer, scribe, secretary (syn. librarius;

very rare): addebat etiam, scriptores illos male multatos exisse cum Galbā,

Cic. Brut. 22, 88; cf.:

scriptor librarius,

Hor. A. P. 354:

ex ejus (Crassi) scriptore et lectore Diphilo suspicari liceret,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136:

(Seneca) advocatis scriptoribus pleraque tradidit, quae, etc.,

Tac. A. 15, 63 fin.; Vulg. Ezech. 9, 2.—

In partic. (acc. to scribo, II.).

One that composes in writing; a writer, composer, author, reporter, narrator, etc. (the ruling signif. of the word; syn. auctor).

With gen.:

omnium bonarum artium scriptores atque doctores et legendi et pervolutandi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 158:

artis,

id. ib. 1, 20, 91; id. Inv. 2, 2, 6; Quint. 9, 4, 96:

artium,

id. 7, 7, 1; 7, 7, 8, prooem. §

3: quam multos scriptores rerum suarum magnus ille Alexander secum habuisse dicitur,

Cic. Arch. 10, 24; so,

rerum scriptor,

an historian, Liv. 21, 1;

for which: historiarum,

Juv. 7, 99; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 36:

temporum, Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 18: carminum,

Quint. 1, 5, 11:

tragoediarum,

id. 1, 5, 21; 10, 1, 97:

veteris comoediae,

id. 10, 1, 9:

iamborum,

id. 10, 1, 9; 10, 1, 59:

mimorum,

id. 1, 10, 17:

Satyrorum,

Hor. A. P. 235:

Trojani belli,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 1 et saep.:

tuarum rerum domesticos habes et scriptores et nuntios,

reporters, Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 1.—

Absol.:

omne genus scriptorum,

Quint. 1, 4, 4:

vetustissimus ille scriptor ac politissimus Lysias,

Cic. Or. 9, 29;

so of the same,

id. Brut. 9, 35:

quia provenere ibi (sc. Athenis) scriptorum magna ingenia, etc.,

Sall. C. 8, 3: utriusque linguae, in Latin and Greek, Gell. praef. § 4; so of an historian: in tantā scriptorum turbā, Liv. praef. § 2 sq.; Mart. 3, 20, 4 al.; Quint. 3, 4, 1:

fere scriptores carmine foedo Splendida facta linunt,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 236;

so of poets,

id. ib. 2, 1, 62:

scriptorum chorus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 77:

nobilium scriptorum auditor,

id. ib. 1, 19, 39; id. A. P. 120; 136; Phaedr. 5, 1, 17 al.—

Publicists' and jurid. t. t. (acc. to scribo, II. B.), a drawer up, compiler, draughter of any thing.

Legum (Numa), Cic. Rep. 5, 2, 3:

legis,

id. Inv. 2, 47, 139.—

Alieni testamenti, Suet. Ner. 17.— Absol., Quint. 7, 2, 53; 7, 6, 11.