ē-nūclĕo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to take out the kernels, to clear from the husk.
I Lit.: bacas, Scribon. Comp. 233; Marc. Emp. 20; Apic. 4, 5: uva passa enucleata, id. 10, 1.—
II Trop., to lay open , make clear , explain (cf.: enodo, extrico, expedio, etc.): haec nunc enucleare non ita necesse est, Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 23; id. Part. 17; Gell. 19, 8, 14; Cod. Just. 1, 17 in lemm.
III —Hence, ēnūclĕātus , a, um, P. a.
A Clear , pure , unadulterated : suffragia (opp. eblandita), i. e. given from pure conviction , free from impure motives , Cic. Planc. 4, 10: reprehensiones voluntatum, pure , simple , Gell. 7, 3, 47 (cf. shortly afterwards, voluntates nudas).— Plur. as subst. ēnūclĕā-ta , ōrum, n., the essence , the condensed meaning : ex diversis auctoribus enucleata collegi, Veg. 4 praef. 2.—
B Of speech, plain , unadorned : genus dicendi, Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 22; id. Or. 26 fin.—Adv. : ēnū-clĕāte (acc. to B.), plainly , without ornament of speech , Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3; id. Or. 9, 28; id. Brut. 30, 115; 9, 35; id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; 5, 29, 88; id. Tusc. 4, 14, 33.— Comp. , Cassiod. Inst. Div. Litt. 15; August. Civ. D. 15, 1.— Sup. , Aug. Enchir. 83.