elimo

ē-līmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to file up, viz.,

I.

Prop.:

elimata scobis,

filings, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 170.—

II.

Transf., to polish.

A.

Lit., Ov. M. 4, 176; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 12 fin.:

dentes,

to clean, Tert. Poen. 11.—

B.

To elaborate, cultivate; to finish, perfect: scholion aliquod, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 16, 7, 3; cf. Quint. 2, 7, 5:

animum, Aug. contra Acad. 2, 7: elimati, i. q. eruditi, Gell. praef. § 19: Aeneida,

id. 17, 10, 7.—

III.

To lessen, diminish:

vires,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14, 217.—Hence, ēlī-mātus, a, um, P. a., elaborate; only sup.:

disputatio elimatissima,

Aug. Cont. Jul. 5, 17.— Adv.; only comp.: ēlīmātĭus, more elaborately, more exactly, Ambros. Hexaëm. 6, 8.