ē-lĭquo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I To clarify , strain (post-Aug.).
A Lit.: vinum a faecibus, Col. 12, 27; cf. id. 12, 19, 4; Sen. Q. N. 3, 26.—
B Trop.: aliquid plorabile, to recite slowly or without energy , * Pers. 1, 35: canticum ore tereti semihiantibus labellis, Ap. Flor. 2, 15, p. 351, 11.—
II (With the notion of the simplex predominating.)
A To cause to flow clearly , to pour forth : fluviales aquas (mons), Ap. Met. 10, 30, 5.—Fig.: in unum necesse est summitas magnitudinis aliquetur, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 4.—
B To sift , examine thoroughly : scatebras fluviorum omnes et operta metalla, Prud. Hamart. 260.