eliquo

ē-lĭquo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

I.

To clarify, strain (post-Aug.).

A.

Lit.:

vinum a faecibus,

Col. 12, 27; cf. id. 12, 19, 4; Sen. Q. N. 3, 26.—

B.

Trop.: aliquid plorabile, to recite slowly or without energy, * Pers. 1, 35:

canticum ore tereti semihiantibus labellis,

App. Flor. 2, 15, p. 351, 11.—

II.

(With the notion of the simplex predominating.)

A.

To cause to flow clearly, to pour forth:

fluviales aquas (mons),

App. M. 10, p. 253.—Fig.:

in unum necesse est summitas magnitudinis aliquetur,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 4.—

B.

To sift, examine thoroughly:

scatebras fluviorum omnes et operta metalla,

Prud. Hamart. 260.