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• smooth (adj.):

A. Lit.:

I. Not rough:

1. lēvis, e (opp. asper): certain small bodies s., others rough, corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, Cic. N. D. 1, 24., 66. Of the human body (= youthful, beautiful): Galatea, s.er than shells worn by the constant wave, levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis, Ov. M. 13, 791: s. breast, brow, l. pectus, frons, Virg.: s. neck, l. colla, Ov. Of the hair: that the hair may be s. by using the comb, ut sit coma pectore l., Ov, M. 12, 409 (v. glossy): see also polished (I.).
2. ēnōdis, e (without knots): s. trunks (of trees), e. trunci, Virg. G. 2, 78.
3. lūbrĭcus (slippery): the leg worn s. by fetters, crus l. compede, Mart. 9., 58: a sphinx wrought out s. from the natural rock, sphinx saxo naturali elaborata et lubrica (but v. l. rubrica), Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 77.
4. tĕres, ĕtis (well-turned, rounded off): s. trunks of trees, t. trunci arborum, Virg. Aen. 6, 207: cf. t. virga, Ov.: t. hastile, Liv.: t. lapillus, Ov.
5. lēvĭgātus (made smooth: part. of levigo, 1): Macr. S. 1, 12.
6. rāsĭlis, e: box made smooth with the lathe, torno r. buxum, Virg. G. 2., 449: cf. palmes r. (i. e. deprived of the bark), Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206: Cat.: Ov.
7. ădēsus (worn away by water): a. lapides, Hor. Od. 3, 29, 36: a. scopulus, Ov. H. 10, 26.

II. Without hair, bald:

1. glāber, bra, brum (of men and beasts: gen. naturally smooth, but also artificially s.): s., either from the hair worn down or from its being plucked out by the roots, glaber, retritis pilis aut penitus evulsis, Sen. Ep. 47, ad med.: a husband s.er than a gourd, maritus cucurbita glabrior, App. M. 5, p. 163: sheep of a s. belly, oves ventre g., Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6: cf. g. colla boum, Col. 6, 14, 7. Dimin. glabellus: g. corpus Cupidinis, App. M. 5, p. 168: a s.-skinned slave, glaber, Cat. 59 (61), 135: to make s. (or bald), glabro, Col. 12, 3, 4: to become s., glabresco, id. 2, 20, 2.
2. lēnis, e: Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a s. man, Esau frater meus pilosus est, et ego lenis, Vulg. Gen. xxvii. 11.
3. calvus: v. bald.

III. Calm, gentle: (of the sea) plăcĭdus, tranquillus, pācātus (v. calm): (of rivers) sēdātus (v. calm): clēmens, mītis (v. gentle).

B. Fig.:

I. Of the voice or style, flowing, without impediment:

1. lēvis (flowing): l. oratio (opp. aspera), Cic. Or. 5, 20: l. et aspera (vox), Quint. 11, 3, 15: the ears are annoyed by an uneven style., are soothed by a s. one, (aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur, Quint. 9, 4, 116.
2. tĕres, ĕtis: a s. voice in debates, t. vox in disputationibus, Quint. 11., 3, 64: a speech full, but yet s. (or well-rounded off, polished), oratio plena, sed tamen t., Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 199: v. polished (II.), elegant.
3. lēnis, e: Join: the s. arrangement of a speech, l. et fluens contextus orationis, Quint. 9, 4, 127. See also fluent, flowing. Also in Gramm: the s. breathing, l. spiritus (opp. spiritus asper)., Prisc. p. 572, P.

II. Of the temper, equable: aequābĭlis, aequālis, aequus: v. uniform.
III. Smooth-tongued (usu. in bad sense): blandus: to distinguish a s. friend from a true one, b. amicum a vero secernere, Cic. Am. 25, 95 (v. flattering, false, specious).
IV. Of manners, smooth: cōmis, commŏdus: v. affable, agreeable.

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I. To remove roughness from a surface
1. lēvo, 1
2. allēvo, 1 (only in Colum.) to s. knots and scars, nodos et circatrices a., Col. 3, 15, 3.
3. lēvĭgo, 1 (of making smooth with a knife, file, pumice-stone, chalk, etc.
4. pŏlio, īvi and ii, ītum, 4 (like levigo)
5. līmo, 1 (to file)
6. runcīno, 1 (to plane)
7. rādo, rāsi, rāsum, 3 (to s. off)
8. sterno., stravi, strātum, 3 (to spread out flat, fig.)
II. To s. away obstacles, to facilitate
1. sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3
2. complāno, 1
III. To palliate, smooth a fault
IV. To flatter (Shakesp.)

• smooth (v.):

I. To remove roughness from a surface:

1. lēvo, 1: to s. tables, l. mensas, Stat. Th. 1, 519. Join: to s. beams, l. ac radere tigna, Lucr. 5, 1265.
2. allēvo, 1 (only in Colum.) to s. knots and scars, nodos et circatrices a., Col. 3, 15, 3.
3. lēvĭgo, 1 (of making smooth with a knife, file, pumice-stone, chalk, etc.: so polio, infr.): all the walls are s.'d with plaster, omnes parietes tectorio levigantur, Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3, med.: for s.ing the skin, ad levigandam cutem, Plin. 20, 3., 10, § 20.
4. pŏlio, īvi and ii, ītum, 4 (like levigo): to s. dove-cotes with plaster, p. columbarum cellas tectorio, Col. 8, 8: v. to polish.
5. līmo, 1 (to file): v. to file.
6. runcīno, 1 (to plane): v. to plane.
7. rādo, rāsi, rāsum, 3 (to s. off): to s. (or polish) stones, r. lapides, Hor. S. 2, 4, 83: v. supr. (I.): v. to shave off.
8. sterno., stravi, strātum, 3 (to spread out flat, fig.): to s. the surface of the waters, s. aequor aquis, Virg. Aen. 8, 89: cf. placidi straverunt aequora venti, ib. 5, 763: to s. (or pave) a path through the sea, sternere viam per mare, Lucr. 3, 1042: cf. tranquillo, etc. (v. to calm). Phr.: paper s.'d with a tooth, charta dentata, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15: Plin. 13, 12, 25., § 81: s.'d with pumice, morsu pumicis politus, Mart. 8, 72, 2: also, pumicatus, e. g. p. manus, Mart. 5, 41, 6: to s. the brow (i.e. cheer up), frontem remittere (opp. frontem adducere), Plin. Ep. 2, 5, ad med.: fr. exporrigere, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 53: fr. explicare, Hor. Od. 3, 29, 16: fr. solvere, Mart. 14, 183. See also to level, and for other senses, to soften. [N.B.--For to s. linen, v. to iron, to mangle (II.).]

II. To s. away obstacles, to facilitate:

1. sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3: fame propitious hath s.'d a kindly path for thee, praesens tibi fama benignum stravit iter, Stat. Th. 12, 813: cf. aditus, iter expedire, Caes.: so munio, praemunio (v. to pave): v. to facilitate.
2. complāno, 1: Join: to s. (or render tolerable) the rough, the harsh, c. et mollire aspera, dura, Sen. Prov. 5, fin.: see also to alleviate, mitigate, soothe (I.). Phr.: these difficulties were s.'d away by two circumstances, his difficultatibus duae res erant subsidio, Caes. B. G. 2, 20.

III. To palliate, smooth a fault: v. to palliate, extenuate.
IV. To flatter (Shakesp.): v. to flatter.

R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)

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• SMOOTH

adj., PROP.,
Not rough, levis (general term, opposed to asper; ☞ but in the sense of “without hair,” it is only poetical): levigatus: politus (rendered smooth, polished). To make smooth, levigare: polire.
Slippery, lubricus.
Without hair, bald (by nature), sine pilo or pilis: pilo carens: (by artificial means), depilatus (general term, deprived of hair): rasus: tonsus (shaven, shorn; opposed to intonsus): glaber (PROP. naturally smooth, without hair; opposed to pilosus; then, also, rendered smooth by shaving or plucking off the hair). Figuratively.
Bland, mild, blandus (e.g., words, a tongue): mendax (lying).
Flowing, soft (of style), fluens.
Easy, Vid.

v. PROP.,
To free from roughness, levigare, more rarely levare (general term): polire (so that the thing smoothed receives a polish; also of the smoothness of style, etc. ☞ Both levigare and polire are used of making smooth with a knife, a file, pumice-stone, or in any other manner): limare (to file): runcinare (to plane): fricare (to smooth by rubbing; e.g., pavimentum): radere (to scrape, rub with pumice stone; Vid: Mart., 1, 118):
To level, Vid:
To facilitate, Vid: SMOOTHLY.
Not roughly, by circumlocution with the adjective (☞ leviter does not occur).
With soft language, leniter: blande: comiter: benigne. Vid: GENTLY.

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