limo

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

līmō: adv., v. 1. limus
I fin.
līmo: āre, v. a. 2. limus,
I to bemire, besmirch (in double sense, v. 2. limo, I. 2.): caput alicui, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 82.
   4    † Līmo, ōnis, m., = λειμών, the Meadow, the name of a writing of Cicero, Suet. Vit. Ter.—
II A Roman surname: C. Apronius Limo, Ascon. ap. Cic. Or. pro Scauro.
līmo: āvi, ātum (arch. limassis, for limaveris, Caecil. Com. 140), 1, v. a. lima,
I to file.
I Lit.: gemmis scalpendis atque limandis, Plin. 36, 7, 10, § 54.—
   B Transf.
   1    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.—
   2    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.—
II Trop.
   A 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.—
   B In partic.
   1    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. —
   2    Cum se ipse consulto ad minutarum causarum genera limaverit, has prepared one's self thoroughly for, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 9.—
   3    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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) līmō, abl. de limus 1, pris adv^t, de côté, obliquement : Sol. 27, 20.
(2) līmō,¹⁴ āvī, ātum, āre (lima),
1 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
2 [fig.] a) 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) 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.
(3) līmō, āre (limus 2), couvrir de boue [mot forgé pour un jeu de mots] : Pl. Pœn. 293.