Lewis Short
(verb) : ē-lĭquo, āvi, ātum, 1
* To clarify, strain (post-Aug.).
* Lit.: vinum a faecibus,Col. 12, 27; cf. id. 12, 19, 4; Sen. Q. N. 3, 26.
* (With the notion of the simplex predominating.)
* 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.
* To sift, examine thoroughly: scatebras fluviorum omnes et operta metalla,Prud. Hamart. 260.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary