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.