depolio
ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή → But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, Hypsipyle fr. 60.94ff.)
Latin > English
depolio depolire, depolivi, depolitus V TRANS :: polish thoroughly; smooth, polish off (L+S)
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
dē-polio, (īvī), ītum, īre, abglätten, polieren, alqd cote, Plin. 36, 188: ossucla, Apic. 2, 52. – scherzh., virgis dorsum depoliet meum, Plaut. Epid. 93.
