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dē-pŏlĭo, no perf., ītum, 4, v. a., to smooth off, polish off (very rare).

  1. I. Prop.: aliquid cote, Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188.
    Comic.: dorsum meum virgis, to cudgel, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 85.
  2. II. Trop.: DEPOLITUM perfectum, quia omnes perfectiones antiqui politiones appellabant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 20 Müll.; cf. the foll. art.

* dēpŏlītĭo, ōnis, f. [depolio, no. II., a careful smoothing or finishing; hence, concr.], a perfection, finished or perfect thing: agri depolitiones, Varr. ap. Non. 66, 29; cf. the preced. art.