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to polish off

  • 1 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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  • 2 depolio

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

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  • 3 depolio

    dē-pŏlĭo, no perf., ītum, 4, v. a., to smooth off, polish off (very rare).
    I.
    Prop.:

    aliquid cote,

    Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188. —Comic.:

    dorsum meum virgis,

    to cudgel, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 85.—
    II.
    Trop.: DEPOLITUM perfectum, quia omnes perfectiones antiqui politiones appellabant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 20 Müll.; cf. the foll. art.

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  • 4 in-ūrō

        in-ūrō ūssī, ūstus, ere,    to burn in, burn: notas et nomina gentis, V.: volnere sanguis inustus, O.: inustis barbararum litterarum notis, Cu.—Fig., of persons, to brand, mark: censoriae severitatis notā inuri.—To brand upon, brand, imprint, affix, attach indelibly: ne qua nomini suo nota turpitudinis inuratur: acerbissimum alcui dolorem: mihi superbiae infamiam: alqd istuc, L.: nota turpitudinis inusta vitae tuae.—To curl by heat; hence, of style: illa calamistris inurere, polish off with curling-irons.

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  • 5 tergeo

    tergeo or less freq. tergo, si, sum, 2 or 3 (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 423 sq.; part. perf. tertus, Varr. ap. Non. 179, 7 and 8), v. a. [for stergo; akin to stringo; Gr. strangeuô, to twist], to rub off, wipe off, wipe dry, wipe clean, cleanse.
    I.
    Lit. (class.;

    syn. verro): numquam concessavimus Lavari aut fricari aut tergeri aut ornari,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 10: mantelium, ubi manus terguntur, Varr L. L. 6, § 85 Müll.; so,

    frontem sudario,

    Quint. 6, 3, 60:

    nares in adversum,

    id. 11, 3, 121:

    fossas,

    to dry, Cato, R. R. 2, 4; Col. 2, 21, 3:

    aequatam (mensam) mentae tersere virentes,

    Ov. M. 8, 663:

    pars leves clipeos et spicula lucida tergent,

    rub off, polish, burnish, Verg. A. 7, 626:

    arma,

    Liv. 26, 51, 4:

    leve argentum, vasa aspera,

    Juv. 14, 62:

    manuque simul velut lacrimantia tersit Lumina,

    Ov. M. 13, 132:

    oculos pedibus,

    Plin. 11, 48, 108, § 258. — Poet.:

    aridus unde aures terget sonus ille,

    grates upon, Lucr. 6, 119:

    nubila caeli (Aurora),

    to scatter, Sil. 16, 136:

    tergere palatum,

    to tickle the palate, Hor. S. 2, 2, 24. — Absol.: qui tractant ista, qui tergunt, qui ungunt, qui verrunt, * Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37:

    si QVIS TERGERE ORNARE REFICERR VOLET (sc. aram),

    Inscr. Orell. 2489.—
    II.
    Trop. (very rare):

    librum,

    i. e. to improve, amend, Mart. 6, 1, 3:

    scelus,

    to expiate, Sen. Herc. Oet. 907.—Hence, tersus, a, um, P. a., wiped off, i. e. clean, neat (not in Cic.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    (mulier) lauta, tersa, ornata, etc.,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4; cf id. Pa. 1, 2, 31; cf.: alii sunt circumtonsi et tersi atque unctuli, Varr. ap Non. 179, 8:

    plantae,

    Ov. M. 2, 736:

    tersum diem pro sereno dictum ab antiquis,

    Fest. p. 363 Müll. —
    B.
    Trop., pure, correct, nice, neat, terse: judicium acre tersumque. Quint. 12, 10, 20:

    tersum ac limatum esse oportet quod libris dedicatur,

    id. 12, 10, 50:

    elegiae tersus atque elegans auctor,

    id. 10, 1, 93; of in comp.:

    multo est tersior ac purus magis (Horatius),

    id. 10, 1, 94:

    opus tersum, molle, jucundum,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2; so,

    praefationes tersae, graciles, dulces,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 1.— Sup.:

    vir in judicio litterarum tersissimus,

    Stat. S. 2 praef. —No adv.

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  • 6 tergeō

        tergeō sī, sus, ēre    [STRAG-], to rub off, wipe off, wipe dry, wipe clean, cleanse: qui tractant ista, qui tergent: clipeos et spicula, polish, V.: arma, L.: ut tersis niteant talaria plantis, O.: gallinā palatum, to tickle the palate, H.
    * * *
    tergere, tersi, tersus V
    rub, wipe; wipe off, wipe dry; clean, cleanse

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  • 7 colens

    1.
    cŏlo, colŭi, cultum, 3, v. a. [from the stem KOL, whence boukolos, boukoleô; cf.: colonus, in-cola, agri-cola] (orig. pertaining to agriculture), to cultivate, till, tend, take care of a field, garden, etc. (freq. in all per. and species of composition).
    I.
    Prop.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    fundum,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2:

    agrum,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 14; Cato, R. R. 61; Col. 1 pr.:

    agri non omnes frugiferi sunt qui coluntur,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; id. Agr. 2, 25, 67:

    arva et vineta et oleas et arbustum,

    Quint. 1, 12, 7:

    praedia,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

    rus,

    Col. 1, 1:

    rura,

    Cat. 64, 38; Tib. 1, 5, 21; Verg. G. 2, 413:

    hortos,

    Ov. M. 14, 624 al.:

    jugera,

    Col. 1 pr.:

    patrios fines,

    id. ib.:

    solum,

    id. 2, 2, 8:

    terram,

    id. 2, 2, 4:

    arbustum,

    Quint. 1, 12, 7:

    vitem,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38:

    arbores,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 22:

    arva,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 24; Ov. Am. 1, 13, 15:

    fructus,

    Verg. G. 2, 36:

    fruges,

    Ov. M. 15, 134:

    poma,

    id. ib. 14, 687; cf. under P. a.—
    (β).
    Absol., Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Verg. G. 1, 121; Dig. 19, 2, 54, § 1.—
    B.
    In gen., without reference to economics, to abide, dwell, stay in a place, to inhabit (syn.: incolo, habito; most freq. since the Aug. per.).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    hanc domum,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 4:

    nemora atque cavos montes silvasque colebant,

    Lucr. 5, 955:

    regiones Acherunticas,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 21:

    colitur ea pars (urbis) et habitatur frequentissime,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    urbem, urbem, mi Rufe, cole,

    id. Fam. 2, 12, 2:

    has terras,

    id. N. D. 2, 66, 164; Tac. A. 2, 60:

    loca Idae,

    Cat. 63, 70:

    Idalium,

    id. 36, 12 sq.; 61, 17:

    urbem Trojanam,

    Verg. A. 4, 343:

    Sicaniam,

    Ov. M. 5, 495:

    Maeoniam Sipylumque,

    id. ib. 6, 149:

    Elin Messeniaque arva,

    id. ib. 2, 679:

    regnum nemorale Dianae,

    id. ib. 14, 331:

    hoc nemus,

    id. ib. 15, 545:

    Elysium,

    Verg. A. 5, 735:

    loca magna,

    Ov. M. 14, 681; Liv. 1, 7, 10:

    Britanniam,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    Rheni ripam,

    id. G. 28:

    victam ripam,

    id. A. 1, 59:

    terras,

    id. ib. 2, 60; cf. id. H. 5, 2:

    insulam,

    id. A. 12, 61; id. G. 29:

    regionem,

    Curt. 7, 7, 4.— Poet., of poets:

    me juvat in primā coluisse Helicona juventā,

    i. e. to have written poetry in early youth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 19.—Also of animals:

    anguis stagna,

    Verg. G. 3, 430; Ov. M. 2, 380.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    hic,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 68:

    subdiu colere te usque perpetuom diem,

    id. Most. 3, 2, 78; Liv. 42, 67, 9; Curt. 9, 9, 2:

    colunt discreti ac diversi,

    Tac. G. 16:

    proximi Cattis Usipii ac Tencteri colunt,

    id. ib. 32:

    circa utramque ripam Rhodani,

    Liv. 21, 26, 6:

    quā Cilices maritimi colunt,

    id. 38, 18, 12:

    prope Oceanum,

    id. 24, 49, 6:

    usque ad Albim,

    Tac. A. 2, 41:

    ultra Borysthenem fluvium,

    Gell. 9, 4, 6:

    super Bosporum,

    Curt. 6, 2, 13:

    extra urbem,

    App. M. 1, p. 111.—
    II.
    Trop. (freq. and class.).
    A. 1.
    Of the gods: colere aliquem locum, to frequent, cherish, care for, protect, be the guardian of, said of places where they were worshipped, had temples, etc.:

    deos deasque veneror, qui hanc urbem colunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 19; Cat. 36, 12:

    Pallas, quas condidit arces, Ipsa colat,

    Verg. E. 2, 62:

    ille (Juppiter) colit terras,

    id. ib. 3, 61; id. A. 1, 16 Forbig. ad loc.:

    undis jura dabat, nymphisque colentibus undas,

    Ov. M. 1, 576:

    urbem colentes di,

    Liv. 31, 30, 9; 5, 21, 3:

    vos, Ceres mater ac Proserpina, precor, ceteri superi infernique di, qui hanc urbem colitis,

    id. 24, 39, 8:

    divi divaeque, qui maria terrasque colitis,

    id. 29, 27, 1.—
    2.
    Rarely with persons as object (syn.:

    curo, studeo, observo, obsequor): Juppiter, qui genus colis alisque hominum,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 24; cf.:

    (Castor et Pollux) dum terras hominumque colunt genus,

    i. e. improve, polish, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7. —
    3.
    Of the body or its parts, to cultivate, attend to, dress, clothe, adorn, etc.:

    formamque augere colendo,

    by attire, dress, Ov. M. 10, 534:

    corpora,

    id. A. A. 3, 107:

    tu quoque dum coleris,

    id. ib. 3, 225.—With abl.:

    lacertos auro,

    Curt. 8, 9, 21:

    lacertum armillā aureā,

    Petr. 32:

    capillos,

    Tib. 1, 6, 39; 1, 8, 9.—
    4.
    With abstr. objects, to cultivate, cherish, seek, practise, devote one ' s self to, etc.;

    of mental and moral cultivation: aequom et bonum,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 10:

    amicitiam,

    id. Cist. 1, 1, 27:

    fidem rectumque,

    Ov. M. 1, 90:

    fortitudinem,

    Curt. 10, 3, 9:

    jus et fas,

    Liv. 27, 17 fin.:

    memoriam alicujus,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101:

    bonos mores,

    Sall. C. 9, 1:

    suum quaestum colit,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 137:

    pietatem,

    id. As. 3, 1, 5; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 33:

    virtutem,

    Cic. Arch. 7, 16; id. Off. 1, 41, 149:

    amicitiam, justitiam, liberalitatem,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 5:

    virginitatis amorem,

    Verg. A. 11, 584:

    pacem,

    Ov. M. 11, 297; cf. Martem, Sil. [p. 370] 8, 464:

    studium philosophiae,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 315:

    disciplinam,

    id. ib. 31, 117:

    aequabile et temperatum orationis genus,

    id. Off. 1, 1, 3:

    patrias artes militiamque,

    Ov. F. 2, 508; cf.:

    artes liberales,

    Suet. Tib. 60:

    ingenium singulari rerum militarium prudentiā,

    Vell. 2, 29, 5 Kritz.—
    5.
    Of a period of time or a condition, to live in, experience, live through, pass, spend, etc.:

    servitutem apud aliquem,

    to be a slave, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 7:

    nunc plane nec ego victum, nec vitam illam colere possum, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2; and poet. in gen.: vitam or aevum = degere, to take care of life, for to live:

    vitam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 74; id. Cas. 2, 1, 12; id. Rud. 1, 5, 25:

    vitam inopem,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 84:

    aevum vi,

    Lucr. 5, 1144 and 1149.—
    B.
    Colere aliquem, to regard one with care, i. e. to honor, revere, reverence, worship, etc. (syn.: observo, veneror, diligo).
    1.
    Most freq. of the reverence and worship of the gods, and the respect paid to objects pertaining thereto, to honor, respect, revere, reverence, worship:

    quid est enim cur deos ab hominibus colendos dicas?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115:

    hos deos et venerari et colere debemus,

    id. ib. 2, 28, 71; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 119; id. Agr. 2, 35, 94; Liv. 39, 15, 2; Cat. 61, 48:

    Phoebe silvarumque potens Diana... o colendi Semper et culti,

    Hor. C. S. 2 and 3; cf. Ov. M. 8, 350:

    deos aris, pulvinaribus,

    Plin. Pan. 11, 3:

    Mercurium,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

    Apollinem nimiā religione,

    Curt. 4, 3, 21:

    Cererem secubitu,

    Ov. A. 3, 10, 16:

    (deam) magis officiis quam probitate,

    id. P. 3, 1, 76:

    per flamines et sacerdotes,

    Tac. A. 1, 10; Suet. Vit. 1:

    quo cognomine is deus quādam in parte urbis colebatur,

    id. Aug. 70:

    deum precibus,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 580:

    testimoniorum religionem et fidem,

    Cic. Fl. 4, 9; cf. id. Font. 10, 21; and:

    colebantur religiones pie magis quam magnifice,

    Liv. 3, 57, 7; and:

    apud quos juxta divinas religiones humana fides colitur,

    id. 9, 9, 4:

    sacra,

    Ov. M. 4, 32; 15, 679:

    aras,

    id. ib. 3, 733; 6, 208; cf. Liv. 1, 7, 10; Suet. Vit. 2 et saep.:

    numina alicujus,

    Verg. G. 1, 30:

    templum,

    id. A. 4, 458; Ov. M. 11, 578:

    caerimonias sepulcrorum tantā curà,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:

    sacrarium summā caerimoniā,

    Nep. Th. 8, 4:

    simulacrum,

    Suet. Galb. 4.—
    2.
    Of the honor bestowed upon men:

    ut Africanum ut deum coleret Laelius,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18:

    quia me colitis et magnificatis,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 23; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 54:

    a quibus diligenter observari videmur et coli,

    Cic. Mur. 34, 70; cf. id. Fam. 6, 10, 7; 13, 22, 1; id. Off. 1, 41, 149; Sall. J. 10, 8:

    poëtarum nomen,

    Cic. Arch. 11, 27:

    civitatem,

    id. Fl. 22, 52; cf.:

    in amicis et diligendis et colendis,

    id. Lael. 22, 85 and 82:

    semper ego plebem Romanam militiae domique... colo atque colui,

    Liv. 7, 32, 16:

    colere et ornare,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2:

    me diligentissime,

    id. ib. 13, 25 init.:

    si te colo, Sexte, non amabo,

    Mart. 2, 55:

    aliquem donis,

    Liv. 31, 43, 7:

    litteris,

    Nep. Att. 20, 4:

    nec illos arte colam, nec opulenter,

    Sall. J. 85, 34 Kritz.— Hence,
    1.
    cŏlens, entis, P. a., honoring, treating respectfully; subst., a reverer, worshipper; with gen.:

    religionum,

    Cic. Planc. 33, 80.—
    2.
    cultus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).
    A.
    Cultivated, tilled:

    ager cultior,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 20:

    ager cultissimus,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:

    materia et culta et silvestris,

    id. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

    res pecuaria,

    id. Quint. 3, 12:

    rus cultissimum,

    Col. 1, 1, 1:

    terra,

    Quint. 5, 11, 24:

    fundus cultior,

    id. 8, 3, 8:

    cultiora loca,

    Curt. 7, 3, 18.—
    b.
    Subst.: culta, ōrum, n., tilled, cultivated land, gardens, plantations, etc., Lucr. 1, 165; 1, 210; 5, 1370; Verg. G. 1, 153; 2, 196; 4, 372; Plin. 24, 10, 49, § 83—Hence,
    B.
    Trop., ornamented, adorned, polished, elegant, cultivated:

    milites habebat tam cultos ut argento et auro politis armis ornaret,

    Suet. Caes. 67:

    adulter,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 499:

    turba muliebriter culta,

    Curt. 3, 3, 14:

    sacerdos veste candidā cultus,

    Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 251:

    matrona vetitā purpurā culta,

    Suet. Ner. 32:

    filia cultior,

    Mart. 10, 98, 3:

    animi culti,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

    tempora et ingenia cultiora,

    Curt. 7, 8, 11:

    Tibullus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 15, 28; cf.

    carmina,

    id. A. A. 3, 341:

    cultiores doctioresque redire,

    Gell. 19, 8, 1:

    sermone cultissimus,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 45.— Adv.: cul-tē, elegantly: dicere, * Quint. 8, 3, 7; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 6.— Comp.:

    dicere,

    Sen. Suas. 4 fin.; Tac. Or. 21: (sc. veste) progredi, Just. 3, 3, 5:

    incubare strato lectulo,

    Val. Max. 2, 6, 8.— Sup. apparently not in use.
    2.
    cōlo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [colum], to filter, strain, to clarify, purify (post-Aug.):

    ceram,

    Col. 9, 16, 1:

    mel,

    id. 12, 11, 1:

    vinum sportā palmeā,

    Pall. Febr. 27:

    sucum linteo,

    Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 164:

    thymum cribro,

    Col. 7, 8, 7:

    aliquid per linteum,

    Scrib. Comp. 271:

    ad colum,

    Veg. 2, 28, 19:

    per colum,

    Apic. 4, 2:

    aurum,

    App. Flor. p. 343, 20:

    terra colans,

    Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38:

    faex colata,

    id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.— Poet.:

    amnes inductis retibus,

    i. e. to spread out a fish-net, Manil. 5, 193.—Hence, cōlātus, a, um, P. a., cleansed, purified (post-class.):

    nitor (beryllorum),

    Tert. Anim. 9.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    certiora et colatiora somniari,

    Tert. Anim. 48.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > colens

  • 8 colo

    1.
    cŏlo, colŭi, cultum, 3, v. a. [from the stem KOL, whence boukolos, boukoleô; cf.: colonus, in-cola, agri-cola] (orig. pertaining to agriculture), to cultivate, till, tend, take care of a field, garden, etc. (freq. in all per. and species of composition).
    I.
    Prop.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    fundum,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2:

    agrum,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 14; Cato, R. R. 61; Col. 1 pr.:

    agri non omnes frugiferi sunt qui coluntur,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; id. Agr. 2, 25, 67:

    arva et vineta et oleas et arbustum,

    Quint. 1, 12, 7:

    praedia,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

    rus,

    Col. 1, 1:

    rura,

    Cat. 64, 38; Tib. 1, 5, 21; Verg. G. 2, 413:

    hortos,

    Ov. M. 14, 624 al.:

    jugera,

    Col. 1 pr.:

    patrios fines,

    id. ib.:

    solum,

    id. 2, 2, 8:

    terram,

    id. 2, 2, 4:

    arbustum,

    Quint. 1, 12, 7:

    vitem,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38:

    arbores,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 22:

    arva,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 24; Ov. Am. 1, 13, 15:

    fructus,

    Verg. G. 2, 36:

    fruges,

    Ov. M. 15, 134:

    poma,

    id. ib. 14, 687; cf. under P. a.—
    (β).
    Absol., Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Verg. G. 1, 121; Dig. 19, 2, 54, § 1.—
    B.
    In gen., without reference to economics, to abide, dwell, stay in a place, to inhabit (syn.: incolo, habito; most freq. since the Aug. per.).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    hanc domum,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 4:

    nemora atque cavos montes silvasque colebant,

    Lucr. 5, 955:

    regiones Acherunticas,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 21:

    colitur ea pars (urbis) et habitatur frequentissime,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    urbem, urbem, mi Rufe, cole,

    id. Fam. 2, 12, 2:

    has terras,

    id. N. D. 2, 66, 164; Tac. A. 2, 60:

    loca Idae,

    Cat. 63, 70:

    Idalium,

    id. 36, 12 sq.; 61, 17:

    urbem Trojanam,

    Verg. A. 4, 343:

    Sicaniam,

    Ov. M. 5, 495:

    Maeoniam Sipylumque,

    id. ib. 6, 149:

    Elin Messeniaque arva,

    id. ib. 2, 679:

    regnum nemorale Dianae,

    id. ib. 14, 331:

    hoc nemus,

    id. ib. 15, 545:

    Elysium,

    Verg. A. 5, 735:

    loca magna,

    Ov. M. 14, 681; Liv. 1, 7, 10:

    Britanniam,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    Rheni ripam,

    id. G. 28:

    victam ripam,

    id. A. 1, 59:

    terras,

    id. ib. 2, 60; cf. id. H. 5, 2:

    insulam,

    id. A. 12, 61; id. G. 29:

    regionem,

    Curt. 7, 7, 4.— Poet., of poets:

    me juvat in primā coluisse Helicona juventā,

    i. e. to have written poetry in early youth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 19.—Also of animals:

    anguis stagna,

    Verg. G. 3, 430; Ov. M. 2, 380.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    hic,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 68:

    subdiu colere te usque perpetuom diem,

    id. Most. 3, 2, 78; Liv. 42, 67, 9; Curt. 9, 9, 2:

    colunt discreti ac diversi,

    Tac. G. 16:

    proximi Cattis Usipii ac Tencteri colunt,

    id. ib. 32:

    circa utramque ripam Rhodani,

    Liv. 21, 26, 6:

    quā Cilices maritimi colunt,

    id. 38, 18, 12:

    prope Oceanum,

    id. 24, 49, 6:

    usque ad Albim,

    Tac. A. 2, 41:

    ultra Borysthenem fluvium,

    Gell. 9, 4, 6:

    super Bosporum,

    Curt. 6, 2, 13:

    extra urbem,

    App. M. 1, p. 111.—
    II.
    Trop. (freq. and class.).
    A. 1.
    Of the gods: colere aliquem locum, to frequent, cherish, care for, protect, be the guardian of, said of places where they were worshipped, had temples, etc.:

    deos deasque veneror, qui hanc urbem colunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 19; Cat. 36, 12:

    Pallas, quas condidit arces, Ipsa colat,

    Verg. E. 2, 62:

    ille (Juppiter) colit terras,

    id. ib. 3, 61; id. A. 1, 16 Forbig. ad loc.:

    undis jura dabat, nymphisque colentibus undas,

    Ov. M. 1, 576:

    urbem colentes di,

    Liv. 31, 30, 9; 5, 21, 3:

    vos, Ceres mater ac Proserpina, precor, ceteri superi infernique di, qui hanc urbem colitis,

    id. 24, 39, 8:

    divi divaeque, qui maria terrasque colitis,

    id. 29, 27, 1.—
    2.
    Rarely with persons as object (syn.:

    curo, studeo, observo, obsequor): Juppiter, qui genus colis alisque hominum,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 24; cf.:

    (Castor et Pollux) dum terras hominumque colunt genus,

    i. e. improve, polish, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7. —
    3.
    Of the body or its parts, to cultivate, attend to, dress, clothe, adorn, etc.:

    formamque augere colendo,

    by attire, dress, Ov. M. 10, 534:

    corpora,

    id. A. A. 3, 107:

    tu quoque dum coleris,

    id. ib. 3, 225.—With abl.:

    lacertos auro,

    Curt. 8, 9, 21:

    lacertum armillā aureā,

    Petr. 32:

    capillos,

    Tib. 1, 6, 39; 1, 8, 9.—
    4.
    With abstr. objects, to cultivate, cherish, seek, practise, devote one ' s self to, etc.;

    of mental and moral cultivation: aequom et bonum,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 10:

    amicitiam,

    id. Cist. 1, 1, 27:

    fidem rectumque,

    Ov. M. 1, 90:

    fortitudinem,

    Curt. 10, 3, 9:

    jus et fas,

    Liv. 27, 17 fin.:

    memoriam alicujus,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101:

    bonos mores,

    Sall. C. 9, 1:

    suum quaestum colit,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 137:

    pietatem,

    id. As. 3, 1, 5; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 33:

    virtutem,

    Cic. Arch. 7, 16; id. Off. 1, 41, 149:

    amicitiam, justitiam, liberalitatem,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 5:

    virginitatis amorem,

    Verg. A. 11, 584:

    pacem,

    Ov. M. 11, 297; cf. Martem, Sil. [p. 370] 8, 464:

    studium philosophiae,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 315:

    disciplinam,

    id. ib. 31, 117:

    aequabile et temperatum orationis genus,

    id. Off. 1, 1, 3:

    patrias artes militiamque,

    Ov. F. 2, 508; cf.:

    artes liberales,

    Suet. Tib. 60:

    ingenium singulari rerum militarium prudentiā,

    Vell. 2, 29, 5 Kritz.—
    5.
    Of a period of time or a condition, to live in, experience, live through, pass, spend, etc.:

    servitutem apud aliquem,

    to be a slave, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 7:

    nunc plane nec ego victum, nec vitam illam colere possum, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2; and poet. in gen.: vitam or aevum = degere, to take care of life, for to live:

    vitam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 74; id. Cas. 2, 1, 12; id. Rud. 1, 5, 25:

    vitam inopem,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 84:

    aevum vi,

    Lucr. 5, 1144 and 1149.—
    B.
    Colere aliquem, to regard one with care, i. e. to honor, revere, reverence, worship, etc. (syn.: observo, veneror, diligo).
    1.
    Most freq. of the reverence and worship of the gods, and the respect paid to objects pertaining thereto, to honor, respect, revere, reverence, worship:

    quid est enim cur deos ab hominibus colendos dicas?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115:

    hos deos et venerari et colere debemus,

    id. ib. 2, 28, 71; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 119; id. Agr. 2, 35, 94; Liv. 39, 15, 2; Cat. 61, 48:

    Phoebe silvarumque potens Diana... o colendi Semper et culti,

    Hor. C. S. 2 and 3; cf. Ov. M. 8, 350:

    deos aris, pulvinaribus,

    Plin. Pan. 11, 3:

    Mercurium,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

    Apollinem nimiā religione,

    Curt. 4, 3, 21:

    Cererem secubitu,

    Ov. A. 3, 10, 16:

    (deam) magis officiis quam probitate,

    id. P. 3, 1, 76:

    per flamines et sacerdotes,

    Tac. A. 1, 10; Suet. Vit. 1:

    quo cognomine is deus quādam in parte urbis colebatur,

    id. Aug. 70:

    deum precibus,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 580:

    testimoniorum religionem et fidem,

    Cic. Fl. 4, 9; cf. id. Font. 10, 21; and:

    colebantur religiones pie magis quam magnifice,

    Liv. 3, 57, 7; and:

    apud quos juxta divinas religiones humana fides colitur,

    id. 9, 9, 4:

    sacra,

    Ov. M. 4, 32; 15, 679:

    aras,

    id. ib. 3, 733; 6, 208; cf. Liv. 1, 7, 10; Suet. Vit. 2 et saep.:

    numina alicujus,

    Verg. G. 1, 30:

    templum,

    id. A. 4, 458; Ov. M. 11, 578:

    caerimonias sepulcrorum tantā curà,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:

    sacrarium summā caerimoniā,

    Nep. Th. 8, 4:

    simulacrum,

    Suet. Galb. 4.—
    2.
    Of the honor bestowed upon men:

    ut Africanum ut deum coleret Laelius,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18:

    quia me colitis et magnificatis,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 23; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 54:

    a quibus diligenter observari videmur et coli,

    Cic. Mur. 34, 70; cf. id. Fam. 6, 10, 7; 13, 22, 1; id. Off. 1, 41, 149; Sall. J. 10, 8:

    poëtarum nomen,

    Cic. Arch. 11, 27:

    civitatem,

    id. Fl. 22, 52; cf.:

    in amicis et diligendis et colendis,

    id. Lael. 22, 85 and 82:

    semper ego plebem Romanam militiae domique... colo atque colui,

    Liv. 7, 32, 16:

    colere et ornare,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2:

    me diligentissime,

    id. ib. 13, 25 init.:

    si te colo, Sexte, non amabo,

    Mart. 2, 55:

    aliquem donis,

    Liv. 31, 43, 7:

    litteris,

    Nep. Att. 20, 4:

    nec illos arte colam, nec opulenter,

    Sall. J. 85, 34 Kritz.— Hence,
    1.
    cŏlens, entis, P. a., honoring, treating respectfully; subst., a reverer, worshipper; with gen.:

    religionum,

    Cic. Planc. 33, 80.—
    2.
    cultus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).
    A.
    Cultivated, tilled:

    ager cultior,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 20:

    ager cultissimus,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:

    materia et culta et silvestris,

    id. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

    res pecuaria,

    id. Quint. 3, 12:

    rus cultissimum,

    Col. 1, 1, 1:

    terra,

    Quint. 5, 11, 24:

    fundus cultior,

    id. 8, 3, 8:

    cultiora loca,

    Curt. 7, 3, 18.—
    b.
    Subst.: culta, ōrum, n., tilled, cultivated land, gardens, plantations, etc., Lucr. 1, 165; 1, 210; 5, 1370; Verg. G. 1, 153; 2, 196; 4, 372; Plin. 24, 10, 49, § 83—Hence,
    B.
    Trop., ornamented, adorned, polished, elegant, cultivated:

    milites habebat tam cultos ut argento et auro politis armis ornaret,

    Suet. Caes. 67:

    adulter,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 499:

    turba muliebriter culta,

    Curt. 3, 3, 14:

    sacerdos veste candidā cultus,

    Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 251:

    matrona vetitā purpurā culta,

    Suet. Ner. 32:

    filia cultior,

    Mart. 10, 98, 3:

    animi culti,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

    tempora et ingenia cultiora,

    Curt. 7, 8, 11:

    Tibullus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 15, 28; cf.

    carmina,

    id. A. A. 3, 341:

    cultiores doctioresque redire,

    Gell. 19, 8, 1:

    sermone cultissimus,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 45.— Adv.: cul-tē, elegantly: dicere, * Quint. 8, 3, 7; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 6.— Comp.:

    dicere,

    Sen. Suas. 4 fin.; Tac. Or. 21: (sc. veste) progredi, Just. 3, 3, 5:

    incubare strato lectulo,

    Val. Max. 2, 6, 8.— Sup. apparently not in use.
    2.
    cōlo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [colum], to filter, strain, to clarify, purify (post-Aug.):

    ceram,

    Col. 9, 16, 1:

    mel,

    id. 12, 11, 1:

    vinum sportā palmeā,

    Pall. Febr. 27:

    sucum linteo,

    Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 164:

    thymum cribro,

    Col. 7, 8, 7:

    aliquid per linteum,

    Scrib. Comp. 271:

    ad colum,

    Veg. 2, 28, 19:

    per colum,

    Apic. 4, 2:

    aurum,

    App. Flor. p. 343, 20:

    terra colans,

    Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38:

    faex colata,

    id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.— Poet.:

    amnes inductis retibus,

    i. e. to spread out a fish-net, Manil. 5, 193.—Hence, cōlātus, a, um, P. a., cleansed, purified (post-class.):

    nitor (beryllorum),

    Tert. Anim. 9.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    certiora et colatiora somniari,

    Tert. Anim. 48.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > colo

  • 9 culta

    1.
    cŏlo, colŭi, cultum, 3, v. a. [from the stem KOL, whence boukolos, boukoleô; cf.: colonus, in-cola, agri-cola] (orig. pertaining to agriculture), to cultivate, till, tend, take care of a field, garden, etc. (freq. in all per. and species of composition).
    I.
    Prop.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    fundum,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2:

    agrum,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 14; Cato, R. R. 61; Col. 1 pr.:

    agri non omnes frugiferi sunt qui coluntur,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; id. Agr. 2, 25, 67:

    arva et vineta et oleas et arbustum,

    Quint. 1, 12, 7:

    praedia,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

    rus,

    Col. 1, 1:

    rura,

    Cat. 64, 38; Tib. 1, 5, 21; Verg. G. 2, 413:

    hortos,

    Ov. M. 14, 624 al.:

    jugera,

    Col. 1 pr.:

    patrios fines,

    id. ib.:

    solum,

    id. 2, 2, 8:

    terram,

    id. 2, 2, 4:

    arbustum,

    Quint. 1, 12, 7:

    vitem,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38:

    arbores,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 22:

    arva,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 24; Ov. Am. 1, 13, 15:

    fructus,

    Verg. G. 2, 36:

    fruges,

    Ov. M. 15, 134:

    poma,

    id. ib. 14, 687; cf. under P. a.—
    (β).
    Absol., Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Verg. G. 1, 121; Dig. 19, 2, 54, § 1.—
    B.
    In gen., without reference to economics, to abide, dwell, stay in a place, to inhabit (syn.: incolo, habito; most freq. since the Aug. per.).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    hanc domum,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 4:

    nemora atque cavos montes silvasque colebant,

    Lucr. 5, 955:

    regiones Acherunticas,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 21:

    colitur ea pars (urbis) et habitatur frequentissime,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    urbem, urbem, mi Rufe, cole,

    id. Fam. 2, 12, 2:

    has terras,

    id. N. D. 2, 66, 164; Tac. A. 2, 60:

    loca Idae,

    Cat. 63, 70:

    Idalium,

    id. 36, 12 sq.; 61, 17:

    urbem Trojanam,

    Verg. A. 4, 343:

    Sicaniam,

    Ov. M. 5, 495:

    Maeoniam Sipylumque,

    id. ib. 6, 149:

    Elin Messeniaque arva,

    id. ib. 2, 679:

    regnum nemorale Dianae,

    id. ib. 14, 331:

    hoc nemus,

    id. ib. 15, 545:

    Elysium,

    Verg. A. 5, 735:

    loca magna,

    Ov. M. 14, 681; Liv. 1, 7, 10:

    Britanniam,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    Rheni ripam,

    id. G. 28:

    victam ripam,

    id. A. 1, 59:

    terras,

    id. ib. 2, 60; cf. id. H. 5, 2:

    insulam,

    id. A. 12, 61; id. G. 29:

    regionem,

    Curt. 7, 7, 4.— Poet., of poets:

    me juvat in primā coluisse Helicona juventā,

    i. e. to have written poetry in early youth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 19.—Also of animals:

    anguis stagna,

    Verg. G. 3, 430; Ov. M. 2, 380.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    hic,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 68:

    subdiu colere te usque perpetuom diem,

    id. Most. 3, 2, 78; Liv. 42, 67, 9; Curt. 9, 9, 2:

    colunt discreti ac diversi,

    Tac. G. 16:

    proximi Cattis Usipii ac Tencteri colunt,

    id. ib. 32:

    circa utramque ripam Rhodani,

    Liv. 21, 26, 6:

    quā Cilices maritimi colunt,

    id. 38, 18, 12:

    prope Oceanum,

    id. 24, 49, 6:

    usque ad Albim,

    Tac. A. 2, 41:

    ultra Borysthenem fluvium,

    Gell. 9, 4, 6:

    super Bosporum,

    Curt. 6, 2, 13:

    extra urbem,

    App. M. 1, p. 111.—
    II.
    Trop. (freq. and class.).
    A. 1.
    Of the gods: colere aliquem locum, to frequent, cherish, care for, protect, be the guardian of, said of places where they were worshipped, had temples, etc.:

    deos deasque veneror, qui hanc urbem colunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 19; Cat. 36, 12:

    Pallas, quas condidit arces, Ipsa colat,

    Verg. E. 2, 62:

    ille (Juppiter) colit terras,

    id. ib. 3, 61; id. A. 1, 16 Forbig. ad loc.:

    undis jura dabat, nymphisque colentibus undas,

    Ov. M. 1, 576:

    urbem colentes di,

    Liv. 31, 30, 9; 5, 21, 3:

    vos, Ceres mater ac Proserpina, precor, ceteri superi infernique di, qui hanc urbem colitis,

    id. 24, 39, 8:

    divi divaeque, qui maria terrasque colitis,

    id. 29, 27, 1.—
    2.
    Rarely with persons as object (syn.:

    curo, studeo, observo, obsequor): Juppiter, qui genus colis alisque hominum,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 24; cf.:

    (Castor et Pollux) dum terras hominumque colunt genus,

    i. e. improve, polish, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7. —
    3.
    Of the body or its parts, to cultivate, attend to, dress, clothe, adorn, etc.:

    formamque augere colendo,

    by attire, dress, Ov. M. 10, 534:

    corpora,

    id. A. A. 3, 107:

    tu quoque dum coleris,

    id. ib. 3, 225.—With abl.:

    lacertos auro,

    Curt. 8, 9, 21:

    lacertum armillā aureā,

    Petr. 32:

    capillos,

    Tib. 1, 6, 39; 1, 8, 9.—
    4.
    With abstr. objects, to cultivate, cherish, seek, practise, devote one ' s self to, etc.;

    of mental and moral cultivation: aequom et bonum,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 10:

    amicitiam,

    id. Cist. 1, 1, 27:

    fidem rectumque,

    Ov. M. 1, 90:

    fortitudinem,

    Curt. 10, 3, 9:

    jus et fas,

    Liv. 27, 17 fin.:

    memoriam alicujus,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101:

    bonos mores,

    Sall. C. 9, 1:

    suum quaestum colit,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 137:

    pietatem,

    id. As. 3, 1, 5; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 33:

    virtutem,

    Cic. Arch. 7, 16; id. Off. 1, 41, 149:

    amicitiam, justitiam, liberalitatem,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 5:

    virginitatis amorem,

    Verg. A. 11, 584:

    pacem,

    Ov. M. 11, 297; cf. Martem, Sil. [p. 370] 8, 464:

    studium philosophiae,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 315:

    disciplinam,

    id. ib. 31, 117:

    aequabile et temperatum orationis genus,

    id. Off. 1, 1, 3:

    patrias artes militiamque,

    Ov. F. 2, 508; cf.:

    artes liberales,

    Suet. Tib. 60:

    ingenium singulari rerum militarium prudentiā,

    Vell. 2, 29, 5 Kritz.—
    5.
    Of a period of time or a condition, to live in, experience, live through, pass, spend, etc.:

    servitutem apud aliquem,

    to be a slave, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 7:

    nunc plane nec ego victum, nec vitam illam colere possum, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2; and poet. in gen.: vitam or aevum = degere, to take care of life, for to live:

    vitam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 74; id. Cas. 2, 1, 12; id. Rud. 1, 5, 25:

    vitam inopem,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 84:

    aevum vi,

    Lucr. 5, 1144 and 1149.—
    B.
    Colere aliquem, to regard one with care, i. e. to honor, revere, reverence, worship, etc. (syn.: observo, veneror, diligo).
    1.
    Most freq. of the reverence and worship of the gods, and the respect paid to objects pertaining thereto, to honor, respect, revere, reverence, worship:

    quid est enim cur deos ab hominibus colendos dicas?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115:

    hos deos et venerari et colere debemus,

    id. ib. 2, 28, 71; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 119; id. Agr. 2, 35, 94; Liv. 39, 15, 2; Cat. 61, 48:

    Phoebe silvarumque potens Diana... o colendi Semper et culti,

    Hor. C. S. 2 and 3; cf. Ov. M. 8, 350:

    deos aris, pulvinaribus,

    Plin. Pan. 11, 3:

    Mercurium,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

    Apollinem nimiā religione,

    Curt. 4, 3, 21:

    Cererem secubitu,

    Ov. A. 3, 10, 16:

    (deam) magis officiis quam probitate,

    id. P. 3, 1, 76:

    per flamines et sacerdotes,

    Tac. A. 1, 10; Suet. Vit. 1:

    quo cognomine is deus quādam in parte urbis colebatur,

    id. Aug. 70:

    deum precibus,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 580:

    testimoniorum religionem et fidem,

    Cic. Fl. 4, 9; cf. id. Font. 10, 21; and:

    colebantur religiones pie magis quam magnifice,

    Liv. 3, 57, 7; and:

    apud quos juxta divinas religiones humana fides colitur,

    id. 9, 9, 4:

    sacra,

    Ov. M. 4, 32; 15, 679:

    aras,

    id. ib. 3, 733; 6, 208; cf. Liv. 1, 7, 10; Suet. Vit. 2 et saep.:

    numina alicujus,

    Verg. G. 1, 30:

    templum,

    id. A. 4, 458; Ov. M. 11, 578:

    caerimonias sepulcrorum tantā curà,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:

    sacrarium summā caerimoniā,

    Nep. Th. 8, 4:

    simulacrum,

    Suet. Galb. 4.—
    2.
    Of the honor bestowed upon men:

    ut Africanum ut deum coleret Laelius,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18:

    quia me colitis et magnificatis,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 23; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 54:

    a quibus diligenter observari videmur et coli,

    Cic. Mur. 34, 70; cf. id. Fam. 6, 10, 7; 13, 22, 1; id. Off. 1, 41, 149; Sall. J. 10, 8:

    poëtarum nomen,

    Cic. Arch. 11, 27:

    civitatem,

    id. Fl. 22, 52; cf.:

    in amicis et diligendis et colendis,

    id. Lael. 22, 85 and 82:

    semper ego plebem Romanam militiae domique... colo atque colui,

    Liv. 7, 32, 16:

    colere et ornare,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2:

    me diligentissime,

    id. ib. 13, 25 init.:

    si te colo, Sexte, non amabo,

    Mart. 2, 55:

    aliquem donis,

    Liv. 31, 43, 7:

    litteris,

    Nep. Att. 20, 4:

    nec illos arte colam, nec opulenter,

    Sall. J. 85, 34 Kritz.— Hence,
    1.
    cŏlens, entis, P. a., honoring, treating respectfully; subst., a reverer, worshipper; with gen.:

    religionum,

    Cic. Planc. 33, 80.—
    2.
    cultus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).
    A.
    Cultivated, tilled:

    ager cultior,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 20:

    ager cultissimus,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:

    materia et culta et silvestris,

    id. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

    res pecuaria,

    id. Quint. 3, 12:

    rus cultissimum,

    Col. 1, 1, 1:

    terra,

    Quint. 5, 11, 24:

    fundus cultior,

    id. 8, 3, 8:

    cultiora loca,

    Curt. 7, 3, 18.—
    b.
    Subst.: culta, ōrum, n., tilled, cultivated land, gardens, plantations, etc., Lucr. 1, 165; 1, 210; 5, 1370; Verg. G. 1, 153; 2, 196; 4, 372; Plin. 24, 10, 49, § 83—Hence,
    B.
    Trop., ornamented, adorned, polished, elegant, cultivated:

    milites habebat tam cultos ut argento et auro politis armis ornaret,

    Suet. Caes. 67:

    adulter,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 499:

    turba muliebriter culta,

    Curt. 3, 3, 14:

    sacerdos veste candidā cultus,

    Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 251:

    matrona vetitā purpurā culta,

    Suet. Ner. 32:

    filia cultior,

    Mart. 10, 98, 3:

    animi culti,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

    tempora et ingenia cultiora,

    Curt. 7, 8, 11:

    Tibullus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 15, 28; cf.

    carmina,

    id. A. A. 3, 341:

    cultiores doctioresque redire,

    Gell. 19, 8, 1:

    sermone cultissimus,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 45.— Adv.: cul-tē, elegantly: dicere, * Quint. 8, 3, 7; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 6.— Comp.:

    dicere,

    Sen. Suas. 4 fin.; Tac. Or. 21: (sc. veste) progredi, Just. 3, 3, 5:

    incubare strato lectulo,

    Val. Max. 2, 6, 8.— Sup. apparently not in use.
    2.
    cōlo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [colum], to filter, strain, to clarify, purify (post-Aug.):

    ceram,

    Col. 9, 16, 1:

    mel,

    id. 12, 11, 1:

    vinum sportā palmeā,

    Pall. Febr. 27:

    sucum linteo,

    Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 164:

    thymum cribro,

    Col. 7, 8, 7:

    aliquid per linteum,

    Scrib. Comp. 271:

    ad colum,

    Veg. 2, 28, 19:

    per colum,

    Apic. 4, 2:

    aurum,

    App. Flor. p. 343, 20:

    terra colans,

    Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38:

    faex colata,

    id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.— Poet.:

    amnes inductis retibus,

    i. e. to spread out a fish-net, Manil. 5, 193.—Hence, cōlātus, a, um, P. a., cleansed, purified (post-class.):

    nitor (beryllorum),

    Tert. Anim. 9.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    certiora et colatiora somniari,

    Tert. Anim. 48.

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  • 10 despumo

    dē-spūmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (perh. not ante-Aug.).
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    To skim off, to skim.
    1.
    Prop.:

    undam aeni foliis,

    Verg. G. 1, 296:

    carnem,

    Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:

    mel Atticum,

    Col. 12, 38, 5:

    aquam salsam,

    Pall. Febr. 25, 10.—
    2.
    Transf., to work off, digest wine:

    Falernum,

    Pers. 3, 3; to rub off, polish a pavement:

    pavimenti fastigium cote,

    Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187; cf. Vitr. 7, 4; to let blood, to bleed a horse, Veg. A. V. 3, 34, 2 al.—
    B.
    To deposit a frothy matter, Luc. 6, 506;

    Claud. in Prob. et Olyb. 54: Phoebe suppositas in herbas,

    Luc. 6, 506; cf.:

    despumantes suas confusiones,

    i. e. expressing by foaming, Vulg. Judae, 13.—
    II.
    Neutr., to cease foaming, to slacken, abate:

    ut nimius ille fervor despumet,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 20:

    cum aliquid lacrymarum affectus despumaverit,

    id. Ep. 99, 27:

    aetas,

    id. ib. 68 fin.

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  • 11 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.

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  • 12 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.

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  • 13 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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  • 14 elimo

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

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  • 15 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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  • 16 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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  • 17 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

  • 18 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

  • 19 terō

        terō trīvī (trīstī for trīvistī, Ct.), trītus, ere    [1 TER-], to rub, rub away, wear away, bruise, grind, bray triturate: lacrimulam oculos terendo exprimere, T.: unguibus herbas, O.: calamo labellum, i. e. to blow upon the flute, V.: calcem calce, tread upon, V.—Of grain, to rub off, tread out, thresh: Milia frumenti tua triverit area centum, H.: teret area culmos, V.: Ut patriā careo, bis frugibus area trita est, i. e. during two harvests, O.— To rub smooth, burnish, polish, sharpen: mordaci pumice crura, O.: radios rotis, smoothed, turned, V.: catillum manibus, H.— To lessen by rubbing, rub away, wear away by use, wear out: silices, O.: ferrum, to dull, O.: trita vestis, H.—Of a place, to wear, tread often, visit, frequent: iter, V.: Appiam mannis, H.: viam, O.—Fig., of time, to wear away, use up, pass, spend, waste, kill: in convivio tempus, L.: teretur interea tempus: teritur bellis civilibus aetas, H.: Omne aevum ferro, V.: otium conviviis comissationibusque inter se, L.— To exert greatly, exhaust, wear out: in opere longinquo sese, L.: in armis plebem, L.—Of words, to wear by use, render common, make trite: verbum sermone: quae (nomina) consuetudo diurna trivit.
    * * *
    terere, trivi, tritus V
    rub, wear away, wear out; tread

    Latin-English dictionary > terō

  • 20 adlevo

    adlevare, adlevavi, adlevatus V TRANS
    lift/heap/pile up, raise, exalt; alleviate, diminish, weaken; comfort, console; smooth, smooth off, make smooth; polish; depilate

    Latin-English dictionary > adlevo

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