civilize Copy link Outline 1. excŏlo, cŏlui, cultum, 32. expŏlĭo, 43. ēmollio, 4 • civilize: 1. excŏlo, cŏlui, cultum, 3: from a rude and barbarous state of existence we have been c.d and softened into refinement, ex agresti immanique vita exculti ad humanitatem et mitigati sumus, Cic.: a c.d life, exculta vita, Cic. 2. expŏlĭo, 4: Cic.: Gell.: v. to polish. 3. ēmollio, 4: Ov.: Tac.: v. to soften. Phr.: he c.d the minds of men, which by the pursuits of war had become savage and wild, ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros, Cic. (cf. preced. art.).
CIVILIZE Copy link • CIVILIZEexpolire hominemque reddere; omni vita atque cultu excolere atque expolire; ad humanitatem informare or effingere: ab fera agrestique vita ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere (Cic.): the civilized nations, populi eruditi (Vid: Cic., Rep., 2, 10): a civilized state, bene morata et bene constituta civitas (Cic. Brut., 2, 7).