ē-līmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to file up, viz.,
I Prop.: elimata scobis, filings , Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 170.—
II Transf., to polish.
A Lit., Ov. M. 4, 176; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 12 fin. : dentes, to clean , Tert. Poen. 11.—
B To elaborate , cultivate; to finish , perfect : σχόλιον aliquod, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 16, 7, 3; cf. Quint. 2, 7, 5: animum, Aug. contra Acad. 2, 7: elimati, i. q. eruditi, Gell. praef. § 19: Aeneida, id. 17, 10, 7.—
III To lessen , diminish : vires, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14, 217.
VI —Hence, ēlīmātus , a, um, P. a., elaborate; only sup. : disputatio elimatissima, Aug. Cont. Jul. 5, 17.— Adv.; only comp. : ēlīmātĭus , more elaborately , more exactly , Ambros. Hexaëm. 6, 8.