verb transitive

nĭtĭdo

2nd PP nĭtĭdāre · 3rd PP nĭtĭdāvi · 4th PP nĭtĭdātum · conj. 1st

to make bright; shining, to polish, smooth poetic

to make bright or shining, to polish, smooth (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

In gen.: ferramenta detersa nitidentur, Col. 12, 3, 9: post serraturam, plagam… •

In gen.: ferramenta detersa nitidentur, Col. 12, 3, 9: post serraturam, plagam ferramentis acutis nitidemus, Pall. 3, 17, 1: diligentissime nitidatum, Marc. Emp. 8, 5.—

to wash, bathe •

In partic., to wash, bathe: eunt ad fontem, nitidant corpora, Enn. ap. Non. 144, 16 (Trag. v 166 Vahl.); so mid.: mundule nitidantur, Att. ib. 17 (Trag. Rel. v. 603 Rib.).

Perseus ID: n31031 Key: nitido