LAT

Lewis Short

(verb) : nĭtĭdo, āvi, ātum, 1, id.
* To make bright or shining, to polish, smooth (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* In gen.: ferramenta detersa nitidentur,Col. 12, 3, 9: post serraturam, plagam ferramentis acutis nitidemus,Pall. 3, 17, 1: diligentissime nitidatum,Marc. Emp. 8, 5.
* In partic., to wash, bathe: eunt ad fontem, nitidant corpora, Enn. ap. Non. 144, 16 (Trag. v 166 Vahl.); so mid.: mundule nitidantur,Att. ib. 17 (Trag. Rel. v. 603 Rib.).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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