polish (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Glossiness1. nĭtor (brightness of that which reflects light)2. lēvor, lēvĭtasII. Fig., finish, perfection of work • polish (subs.): I. Glossiness: perh., 1. nĭtor (brightness of that which reflects light): the bright p. of ivory, n. eboris, Plin. 7, 15, 13: they take a very high p., *ad summum nitorem poliri possunt: or, 2. lēvor, lēvĭtas: v. smoothness. II. Fig., finish, perfection of work: meton. līma: the toil of p. (file-work), limae labor, Hor. A. P. 291: Ov. Wanting in p., impolitus [et plane rudis], Cic. Br. 85; parum limatus (v. polished, II.).