depolio
From LSJ
χελῶναι μακάριαι τοῦ δέρματος → you tortoises are fortunate in your skin, you blessed turtles with your shell
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-pŏlĭo: no
I perf., ītum, 4, v. a., to smooth off, polish off (very rare).
I Prop.: aliquid cote, Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188. —Comic.: dorsum meum virgis, to cudgel, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 85.—
II Trop.: DEPOLITUM perfectum, quia omnes perfectiones antiqui politiones appellabant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 20 Müll.; cf. the foll. art.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēpŏlĭō, ītum, īre, tr., lisser, polir : Plin. 36, 188 || [fig.] P. Fest. 71, 20 || virgis dorsum Pl. Epid. 93, frotter le dos à coups de bâton.
