(v. a.P. a.) : expŏlĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a.
* To smooth off, make smooth, polish.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.

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