expŏlītĭo (noun F) : expolio
* A smoothing off, rubbing up, polishing, finishing.
* Lit.: parietum, pavimentorum,a plastering,Vitr. 6 fin.; 7 praef. fin.: urbana,i. e. of a house in the city,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 6: miniacea,Vitr. 7, 9.
* Trop., of speech, an adorning, embellishing.
* In gen.: in verbis inest quasi materia quaedam: in numero autem expolitio,Cic. Or. 55, 185; id. de Or. 1, 12, 50; id. Inv. 1, 40, 74.
* In partic., as a fig. of speech, Auct. Her. 4, 42, 54 sq.

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