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(v. a.P. a.adv.) : pŏlĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 (
* Imperf polibant, Verg. A. 8, 436), v. a. root par, in parēre, appārere; cf. pulcher, to smooth, furbish, polish (class.; syn.: limo, levigo).
* Lit.: ROGVM ASCIA NE POLITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59: parietem tectorio,Col. 8, 8, 3: daedala signa,Lucr. 5, 1451: gemmas cotibus,Plin. 37, 8, 32, § 109: ligna squatinae piscis cute,id. 32, 9, 34, § 108. marmora, id. 36, 6, 9, § 52: scabritiam ferri hircorum sanguine,id. 28, 9, 41, § 148: lapis politus,Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 27: polite lanceas,id. Jer. 46, 4.
* Transf. (= apparare, curare, colere), to set off, adorn, decorate, embellish: causa poliendi agri, Enn. ap. Non. 66, 27 (Ann. v. 324 Vahl.); cf.: campi politi,id. ib. (Sat. v. 23 Vahl.); and: politus culturā fundus,Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5: vestes,to scour,Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197; cf. vestimenta,Dig. 47, 2, 12; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162: linum in filo,Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18: minium in officinis,id. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60: domus polita,well-ordered,Phaedr. 4, 5, 26; cf.: regie polita aedificia,Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.
* Trop., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 63: ut opus poliat lima non exterat,Quint. 10, 4, 4: verba,id. 8, 6, 63: materiam versibus senariis,Phaedr. 1, prol. 2: carmina,Ov. P. 1, 5, 61: mores,Petr. 8. —Hence, pŏlītus, a, um, P. a. (in the trop. sense), polished, accomplished, refined, cultivated, polite (class.): doctrinā homines,Lucr. 3, 307: homo politus e scholā,Cic. Pis. 25, 59: politus artibus,id. Fin. 1, 7, 26: homo (orator),id. de Or. 2, 58, 236: aliquem politum reddere,Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 6. accurata et polita oratio, Cic. Brut. 95, 326; cf.: ornata oratio et polita,id. de Or. 1, 8, 31; so, epistula,Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2.—Comp.: Crassus (in dicendo) politior et ornatior,Tac. Or. 18: facundia politiorem fieri,Val. Max. 2, 2, 2: homo politioris humanitatis expers,Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.—Sup.: vir omni liberali doctrinā politissimus,Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—Hence, adv.: pŏlītē, in a polished manner, exquisitely, elegantly: polite subtiliterque effici,Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120: polite apteque dicere,id. Fin. 4, 3, 5: ornate politeque dicere,id. Cael. 3, 8: scribere,id. Brut. 19, 76.—Comp.: politius perfectiusque proferre aliquid,Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5: politius limare,id. Ac. 1, 1, 2.
* Imperf polibant, Verg. A. 8, 436), v. a. root par, in parēre, appārere; cf. pulcher, to smooth, furbish, polish (class.; syn.: limo, levigo).
* Lit.: ROGVM ASCIA NE POLITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59: parietem tectorio,Col. 8, 8, 3: daedala signa,Lucr. 5, 1451: gemmas cotibus,Plin. 37, 8, 32, § 109: ligna squatinae piscis cute,id. 32, 9, 34, § 108. marmora, id. 36, 6, 9, § 52: scabritiam ferri hircorum sanguine,id. 28, 9, 41, § 148: lapis politus,Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 27: polite lanceas,id. Jer. 46, 4.
* Transf. (= apparare, curare, colere), to set off, adorn, decorate, embellish: causa poliendi agri, Enn. ap. Non. 66, 27 (Ann. v. 324 Vahl.); cf.: campi politi,id. ib. (Sat. v. 23 Vahl.); and: politus culturā fundus,Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5: vestes,to scour,Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197; cf. vestimenta,Dig. 47, 2, 12; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162: linum in filo,Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18: minium in officinis,id. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60: domus polita,well-ordered,Phaedr. 4, 5, 26; cf.: regie polita aedificia,Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.
* Trop., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 63: ut opus poliat lima non exterat,Quint. 10, 4, 4: verba,id. 8, 6, 63: materiam versibus senariis,Phaedr. 1, prol. 2: carmina,Ov. P. 1, 5, 61: mores,Petr. 8. —Hence, pŏlītus, a, um, P. a. (in the trop. sense), polished, accomplished, refined, cultivated, polite (class.): doctrinā homines,Lucr. 3, 307: homo politus e scholā,Cic. Pis. 25, 59: politus artibus,id. Fin. 1, 7, 26: homo (orator),id. de Or. 2, 58, 236: aliquem politum reddere,Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 6. accurata et polita oratio, Cic. Brut. 95, 326; cf.: ornata oratio et polita,id. de Or. 1, 8, 31; so, epistula,Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2.—Comp.: Crassus (in dicendo) politior et ornatior,Tac. Or. 18: facundia politiorem fieri,Val. Max. 2, 2, 2: homo politioris humanitatis expers,Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.—Sup.: vir omni liberali doctrinā politissimus,Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—Hence, adv.: pŏlītē, in a polished manner, exquisitely, elegantly: polite subtiliterque effici,Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120: polite apteque dicere,id. Fin. 4, 3, 5: ornate politeque dicere,id. Cael. 3, 8: scribere,id. Brut. 19, 76.—Comp.: politius perfectiusque proferre aliquid,Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5: politius limare,id. Ac. 1, 1, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
pŏlĭo, ōnis, v. pellio.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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