(v. a.P. a.) : pūmĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.id.
* To rub or smooth with pumice-stone, to polish (anteclass. and post-Aug.): rador, subvellor, desquamor, pumicor, ornor, Lucil. ap. Non. 95, 16: pumicata manus,Mart. 5, 41, 6: pumicata frons,id. 1, 67, 10; Cat. 39, 19: dentes,Hier. Ep. 10.
* Trop.: nullis assentantium pumicatur sermonibus,Ambros. Ep. 43, 12.—Hence, pūmĭcātus, a um, P. a., smoothed, i. e. effeminate, luxurious: homo comptus et pumicatus,Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23: satrapae (with myrrhati, malobathrati),Sid. Ep. 8, 3 fin.: detonsus pumicatusque,id. ib. 1, 7.

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