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† 1. pŏlĭa, ae, f., = πολιά, a precious stone of a gray color, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 191.

† 2. pōlīa, ae, f., = πωλεία, a stud of horses, Dig. 21, 1, 38 fin.

pŏlīmen, ĭnis, n. [1. polio].

  1. I. Polish, brightness (post-class.). baltei polimina, App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 30.
  2. II. poli-mina, um, n., the testicles, Arn. 7, 230.

pŏlīmenta, ōrum, n. [1. polio], the testicles: porcina, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 28 (dub.; Ritschl, sincipitamenta); cf. Fest. p. 234 Müll.

(polindrum, i, a false read. for cepolindrum, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 43; v. Ritschl ad h. l.)

1. pŏlĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 (imperf polibant, Verg. A. 8, 436), v. a. [root par, in parēre, appārere; cf. pulcher], to smooth, furbish, polish (class.; syn.: limo, levigo).

  1. I. Lit.: ROGVM ASCIA NE POLITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59: parietem tectorio, Col. 8, 8, 3: daedala signa, Lucr. 5, 1451: gemmas cotibus, Plin. 37, 8, 32, § 109: ligna squatinae piscis cute, id. 32, 9, 34, § 108. marmora, id. 36, 6, 9, § 52: scabritiam ferri hircorum sanguine, id. 28, 9, 41, § 148: lapis politus, Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 27: polite lanceas, id. Jer. 46, 4.
    1. B. Transf. (= apparare, curare, colere), to set off, adorn, decorate, embellish: causa poliendi agri, Enn. ap. Non. 66, 27 (Ann. v. 324 Vahl.); cf.: campi politi, id. ib. (Sat. v. 23 Vahl.); and: politus culturā fundus, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5: vestes, to scour, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197; cf. vestimenta, Dig. 47, 2, 12; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162: linum in filo, Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18: minium in officinis, id. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60: domus polita, well-ordered, Phaedr. 4, 5, 26; cf.: regie polita aedificia, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.
  2. II. Trop., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 63: ut opus poliat lima non exterat, Quint. 10, 4, 4: verba, id. 8, 6, 63: materiam versibus senariis, Phaedr. 1, prol. 2: carmina, Ov. P. 1, 5, 61: mores, Petr. 8.
    Hence, pŏlītus, a, um, P. a. (in the trop. sense), polished, accomplished, refined, cultivated, polite (class.): doctrinā homines,Lucr. 3, 307: homo politus e scholā, Cic. Pis. 25, 59: politus artibus, id. Fin. 1, 7, 26: homo (orator), id. de Or. 2, 58, 236: aliquem politum reddere, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 6. accurata et polita oratio, Cic. Brut. 95, 326; cf.: ornata oratio et polita, id. de Or. 1, 8, 31; so, epistula, Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2.
    Comp.: Crassus (in dicendo) politior et ornatior, Tac. Or. 18: facundia politiorem fieri, Val. Max. 2, 2, 2: homo politioris humanitatis expers, Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.
    Sup.: vir omni liberali doctrinā politissimus, Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.
    Hence, adv.: pŏlītē, in a polished manner, exquisitely, elegantly: polite subtiliterque effici, Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120: polite apteque dicere, id. Fin. 4, 3, 5: ornate politeque dicere, id. Cael. 3, 8: scribere, id. Brut. 19, 76.
    Comp.: politius perfectiusque proferre aliquid, Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5: politius limare, id. Ac. 1, 1, 2.

2. pŏlĭo, ōnis, v. pellio.

3. Pōlio (Pollio), ōnis, m., the name of a music-teacher, Juv. 7, 176.

† pŏlĭon or -ĭum, ĭi, n., = πόλιον, a strong-smelling plant, perh. the poley-germander: Teucrium polium, Linn.; Plin. 21, 7, 21, § 44; 21, 20, 84, § 145; Scrib. Comp. 83.

Pŏlĭorcētes, ae, m., = Πολιορκητής (the besieger or stormer of cities), a surname of Demetrius, king of Macedonia (cf.: Demetrius expugnator), Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 126; Sen. Ep. 9, 15; Vitr. 10, 22; Amm. 23, 4, 10; 24, 2, 18.

pŏlītē, adv., v. 1. polio, P. a. fin.

Pŏlītes, ae, m., = Πολίτης, a son of Priam, killed by Pyrrhus, Verg. A. 2, 526; 5, 564.

† pŏlītīa, ae, f., = πολιτεία.

  1. I. The State, the name of one of Plato’s works, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60; 2, 27, 59.
  2. II. The administration of the Commonwealth (late Lat.), Ambros. Hexaëm. 5, 15, 52; Cassiod. Var. 9, 2.

† pŏlītĭcus, a, um, adj., = πολιτικός, of or belonging to civil polity or to the State, political, civil: libri, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 5: philosophi, Cic. de Or. 3, 28, 109: virtutes, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 8.

pŏlītĭo, ōnis, f. [1. polio], a smoothing, a furbishing, polishing.

  1. I. Lit. (post-Aug.): speculi, Vitr. 7, 3.
    Of smoothing or plastering a wall, Vitr. 7, 4.
  2. II. Transf., an improving, cultivating: agrorum, Cato, R. R. 136.

pŏlītor, ōris, m. [1. polio], one who furbishes or polishes, a polisher.

  1. I. Lit.: gemmarum, Firm. Math. 4, 7 fin.
  2. II. Transf., a cultivator, improver: agri, Cato, R. R. 5, 136; Dig. 17, 2, 52.

Politorĭum, ii, n., a town of Latium, the modern La Giostra, Liv. 1, 33; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68.

pŏlītūra, ae, f. [1. polio],

  1. I. a furbishing, polishing, smoothing, working at, etc. (postAug.): chartae, Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81: marmoris, id. 36, 6, 9, § 53: gemmarum (of the vine), id. 17, 26, 39, § 246: laevitas et politura corporum, Sen. Q. N. 7, 31, 4.
    Of a cobweb, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84.
    In plur., Vitr. 7, 1.
  2. II. Transf., of literary composition: videbimus quid parum recisum sit, quid non hujus recentis politurae, Sen. Ep. 100, 5.

pŏlītus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from polio.

pŏlĭum, ii, v. polion.

2. Pollĭo (Pōlĭo, v. Lucr. p. 33 Lachm.), ōnis, m., a Roman surname. So esp.,

  1. I. Asinius Pollio, v. Asinius.
  2. II. Trebellius Pollio, v. Trebellius.
  3. III. The name of a bad actor, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 37.
  4. IV. v. Polio.