polio

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

poliō īre

(imperf.polibant, V.), īvī, ītus, to smooth, furbish, polish: rogum asciā, C. (XII Tabb.): pulvinar Indo dente, Ct.—To adorn, decorate, embellish: Aegida squamis, V.: domus polita, well-ordered, Ph.—Fig., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis: materiam versibus senariis, Ph.: carmina, O.