polished (part. adj.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. pŏlītus2. mundus (clean and shining; opp. to the notion of roughness and dirt)3. nĭtĭdus (bright, gleaming)4. lēvis, lēvĭgātusII. Fig.1. pŏlītus2. līmātus • polished (part. adj.): I. Lit.: 1. pŏlītus: (made) of p. stone, p. lapide, Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 86. 2. mundus (clean and shining; opp. to the notion of roughness and dirt): Hor. 3. nĭtĭdus (bright, gleaming): p. ivory, n. ebur, Ov. M. 2, 3: v. bright. 4. lēvis, lēvĭgātus: v. smooth. II. Fig.: 1. pŏlītus: (Crassus) more p. and ornate than Gracchus, Graccho politior et ornatior, Tac. Dial. 18: Cic. Strengthened, perpolitus: Cic. 2. līmātus: a more p. style, limatius dicendi genus, Cic. Br. 24, 93: Hor. Dimin. līmātŭlus (nice and p.): Cic. Fam. 7, 33. Phr.: a p. gentleman, vir omni politiore humanitate excultissimus: cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72: in a p. manner, polite: Cic. See also polite.
POLISHED Copy link • POLISHEDlimatus, politus (of a refined, polished orator and style). (The words are found in this connection and order.) limatus et politus; accuratus et politus. A polished style, limatius dicendi genus; oratio accurata et polita, limata et polita; oratio subtilis. A polished man, homo omni vita et victu excultus atque expolitus.