pumico

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pūmĭco: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id.,
I to rub or smooth with pumice-stone, to polish (anteclass. and post-Aug.): rador, subvellor, desquamor, pumicor, ornor, Lucil. ap. Non. 95, 16: pumicata manus, Mart. 5, 41, 6: pumicata frons, id. 1, 67, 10; Cat. 39, 19: dentes, Hier. Ep. 10.—
II Trop.: nullis assentantium pumicatur sermonibus, Ambros. Ep. 43, 12.—Hence, pūmĭcātus, a um, P. a., smoothed, i. e. effeminate, luxurious: homo comptus et pumicatus, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23: satrapae (with myrrhati, malobathrati), Sid. Ep. 8, 3 fin.: detonsus pumicatusque, id. ib. 1, 7.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pūmĭcō,¹⁵ āvī, ātum, āre (pumex), tr., polir à la pierre ponce : Lucil. d. Non. 95, 16 ; Mart. 5, 41, 6 || homo pumicatus Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 11, 23, homme bien épilé.