limo

līmō āvī, ātus, āre

lima, to file, polish, finish : stilus hoc maxime ornat ac limat: vir urbanitate limatus.— To investigate accurately, clear up : veritas limatur in disputatione: mendacium Subtiliter, Ph.— To file off, take away from, diminish : tantum alteri adfinxit, de altero limavit: mea commoda, H.: se ad minutarum causarum genera, i. e. limited himself .