verb transitive

ē-nūclĕo

2nd PP ē-nūclĕāre · 3rd PP ē-nūclāvi · 4th PP ē-nūclātum · conj. 1st

to take out the kernels; to clear from the husk

to take out the kernels, to clear from the husk.

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Lit.: bacas, Scribon. Comp. 233; Marc. Emp. 20; Apic. 4, 5: uva passa enucleata, id. 10, 1.—

to lay open; make clear; explain figuratively •

Trop., to lay open, make clear, explain (cf.: enodo, extrico, expedio, etc.): haec nunc enucleare non ita necesse est, Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 23; id. Part. 17; Gell. 19, 8, 14; Cod. Just. 1, 17 in lemm. —Hence, ēnūclĕātus, a, um, P. a.

Clear; pure; unadulterated •

Clear, pure, unadulterated: suffragia (opp. eblandita), i. e. given from pure conviction, free from impure motives, Cic. Planc. 4, 10: reprehensiones voluntatum, pure, simple, Gell. 7, 3, 47 (cf. shortly afterwards, voluntates nudas).—Plur. as subst. ēnūclĕā-ta, ōrum, n., the essence, the condensed meaning: ex diversis auctoribus enucleata collegi, Veg. 4 praef. 2.—

plain; unadorned; fin.—Adv •

Of speech, plain, unadorned: genus dicendi, Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 22; id. Or. 26 fin.—Adv.: ēnū-clĕāte (acc. to B.), plainly, without ornament of speech, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3; id. Or. 9, 28; id. Brut. 30, 115; 9, 35; id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; 5, 29, 88; id. Tusc. 4, 14, 33.—Comp., Cassiod. Inst. Div. Litt. 15; August. Civ. D. 15, 1.— Sup., Aug. Enchir. 83.

Perseus ID: n15851 Key: enucleo