verb transitive

dē-pŏlĭo

to smooth off, polish off

perf., ītum, 4, v. a., to smooth off, polish off (very rare).

Prop.: aliquid cote, Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188. —Comic.: dorsum meum virgis, to… •

Prop.: aliquid cote, Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188. —Comic.: dorsum meum virgis, to cudgel, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 85.—

figuratively

Trop.: DEPOLITUM perfectum, quia omnes perfectiones antiqui politiones appellabant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 20 Müll.; cf. the foll. art.

Perseus ID: n13195 Key: depolio