enucleo

ē-nūclĕo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to take out the kernels, to clear from the husk.

I.

Lit.: bacas, Scribon. Comp. 233; Marc. Emp. 20; Apic. 4, 5:

uva passa enucleata,

id. 10, 1.—

II.

Trop., to lay open, make clear, explain (cf.:

enodo, extrico, expedio, etc.): haec nunc enucleare non ita necesse est,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 23; id. Part. 17; Gell. 19, 8, 14; Cod. Just. 1, 17 in lemm. —Hence, ēnūclĕātus, a, um, P. a.

A.

Clear, pure, unadulterated:

suffragia (opp. eblandita),

i. e. given from pure conviction, free from impure motives, Cic. Planc. 4, 10:

reprehensiones voluntatum,

pure, simple, Gell. 7, 3, 47 (cf. shortly afterwards, voluntates nudas).— Plur. as subst. ēnūclĕā-ta, ōrum, n., the essence, the condensed meaning:

ex diversis auctoribus enucleata collegi,

Veg. 4 praef. 2.—

B.

Of speech, plain, unadorned:

genus dicendi,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 22; id. Or. 26 fin.—Adv.: ēnū-clĕāte (acc. to B.), plainly, without ornament of speech, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3; id. Or. 9, 28; id. Brut. 30, 115; 9, 35; id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; 5, 29, 88; id. Tusc. 4, 14, 33.— Comp., Cassiod. Inst. Div. Litt. 15; August. Civ. D. 15, 1.— Sup., Aug. Enchir. 83.