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.
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.).
POLISH Copy link • POLISH 1. v. PROP., delevigare; expolire: perpolire; cote despumare (marble, etc.). Figuratively, expolire: perpolire. To polish anybody’s manners, excolere alicujus mores; moribus ornare aliquem: to polish a work, expolire; elimare (Quint., but very rare; exasciare only in exasciatus in Plaut.). 2. s. by the verbs, or by circumlocution with lima; e.g., his writings want polish, deest scriptis ejus ultima lima (Ov.); operi non accessit ultima lima (Cic.); so, also, oratio expolitione distincta (by its polish).