polish (v.) Copy link Outline 1. pŏlio, 42. tĕro, trīvi, tum, 3 (by rubbing)3. nĭtĭdo, 1 (to make clean and bright)4. in fig. sense, līmo, 1 (lit. to file) • polish (v.): 1. pŏlio, 4: to p. marble, marmora p., Plin. 36, 6, 9 (often in gen. sense, to set off, adorn). Fig.: to p. one's productions with the file, opus lima p., Quint. 10, 4, 4: to p. one's poems carefully, carmina sollicita manu polire, Ov. Pont. 1, 5, 61. Comps. (1). perpŏlio, 4 (to p. thoroughly): Plin. Fig., of literary work, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, init. (2). expŏlio, 4 (to smooth and p. off): Cat. 1, 2. Fig.: to p. (finish off) a speech, orationem ex., Quint. 8, 3, 42. 2. tĕro, trīvi, tum, 3 (by rubbing): Virg. G. 2, 244. 3. nĭtĭdo, 1 (to make clean and bright): Col.: Pall. 4. in fig. sense, līmo, 1 (lit. to file): Join: ornare ac limare, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190.