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|lshtext=<b>līmō</b>: adv., v. 1. [[limus]]<br /><b>I</b> fin.<br /><b>līmo</b>: āre, v. a. 2. [[limus]],<br /><b>I</b> to bemire, besmirch (in [[double]] [[sense]], v. 2. [[limo]], I. 2.): [[caput]] alicui, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 82.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; † Līmo, ōnis, m., = [[λειμών]], the Meadow, the [[name]] of a [[writing]] of [[Cicero]], Suet. Vit. Ter.—<br /><b>II</b> A Roman [[surname]]: C. [[Apronius]] Limo, Ascon. ap. Cic. Or. pro Scauro.<br /><b>līmo</b>: āvi, ātum ([[arch]]. limassis, for limaveris, Caecil. Com. 140), 1, v. a. [[lima]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[file]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: gemmis scalpendis [[atque]] limandis, Plin. 36, 7, 10, § 54.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[file]] [[off]]: [[plumbum]] limatum, [[lead]]-[[filings]], Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 168: limata scobs, id. ib.: [[cornum]] limatum [[lima]] lignaria, Scrib. 141: [[acumen]] ossis, Cels. 8, 10, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[rub]], [[whet]]: [[cornu]] ad saxa limato, Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71; [[hence]], limare [[caput]] cum [[aliquo]], to [[kiss]], Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 40; id. Poen. 1, 2, 82.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[file]], [[polish]], [[finish]]: quaedam institui, quae limantur a me politius, Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2: [[stilus]] hoc [[maxime]] ornat ac limat, id. de Or. 3, 49, 190: ut ars aliquid limare non possit, id. ib. 1, 25, 115: vir nostrorum hominum urbanitate [[limatus]], id. N. D. 2, 29, 74.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[investigate]] [[accurately]], to [[clear]] of [[every]] [[thing]] [[superfluous]]: [[veritas]] ipsa limatur in disputatione, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 35: [[subtiliter]] [[mendacium]], Phaedr. 3, 10, 49. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cum se [[ipse]] [[consulto]] ad minutarum causarum genera limaverit, has [[prepared]] one's [[self]] [[thoroughly]] for, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[file]] [[off]], [[take]] [[away]] from, [[diminish]]: [[tantum]] alteri affinxit, de altero limavit, Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36: de tua prolixa beneficaque [[natura]] limavit aliquid [[posterior]] [[annus]], id. Fam. 3, 8, 8: commoda alicujus, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 38: [[multum]] [[inde]] decoquent anni, [[multum]] [[ratio]] limabit, Quint. 2, 4, 7. —Hence, līmātus, a, um, P. a., [[polished]], [[refined]], [[elegant]], [[fine]], [[accurate]]: vir oratione [[maxime]] [[limatus]], Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 180: jure [[madens]], varioque togae [[limatus]] in usu, Mart. 7, 51, 5: pressum limatumque [[genus]] dicendi, Quint. 2, 8, 4; 11, 1, 3: Attici, id. 12, 10, 17.—Comp.: limatius dicendi [[genus]], Cic. Brut. 24, 93: [[comis]] et [[urbanus]] fuerit limatior [[idem]], Hor. S. 1, 10, 65: limatius [[ingenium]], Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 21.—Hence, adv.: līmātē, [[finely]], [[elegantly]], [[accurately]]; comp.: limatius [[scriptum]], Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12: limatius quaerere, Amm. 15, 13, 2.
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|gf=(1) <b>līmō</b>, abl. de [[limus]] 1, pris adv<sup>t</sup>, de côté, obliquement : [[Sol]]. 27, 20.<br />(2) <b>līmō</b>,¹⁴ āvī, ātum, āre ([[lima]]),<br /><b>1</b> limer : Plin. 36, 54 || aiguiser, frotter : Plin. 8, 71 ; [[caput]] cum [[aliquo]] Andr. Tr. 28, frotter sa tête contre celle d’un autre, embrasser qqn, cf. Pl. Merc. 537 ; Pœn. 292<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> polir, achever, perfectionner, affiner : [[neque]] hæc [[ita]] [[dico]], ut [[ars]] aliquos limare [[non]] possit Cic. de Or. 1, 115, et en disant cela je ne prétends pas que l’art ne puisse perfectionner tels ou tels, cf. de Or. 3, 190 ; Nat. 2, 74 ; <b> b)</b> amoindrir, diminuer : Cic. de Or. 3, 36 ; Fam. 3, 8, 8 ; se limare ad... Cic. Opt. 9, se restreindre à... limassis = limaveris Cæcil. 140 ; Turpil. 112.<br />(3) <b>līmō</b>, āre ([[limus]] 2), couvrir de boue [mot forgé pour un jeu de mots] : Pl. Pœn. 293.
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