pumico

pūmĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to rub or smooth with pumice-stone, to polish (anteclass. and post-Aug.): rador, subvellor, desquamor, pumicor, ornor, Lucil. ap. Non. 95, 16:

pumicata manus,

Mart. 5, 41, 6:

pumicata frons,

id. 1, 67, 10; Cat. 39, 19:

dentes,

Hier. Ep. 10.—

II.

Trop.:

nullis assentantium pumicatur sermonibus,

Ambros. Ep. 43, 12.—Hence, pūmĭcātus, a um, P. a., smoothed, i. e. effeminate, luxurious:

homo comptus et pumicatus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23:

satrapae (with myrrhati, malobathrati),

Sid. Ep. 8, 3 fin.:

detonsus pumicatusque,

id. ib. 1, 7.