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ē-līmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to file up, viz.,

  1. I. Prop.: elimata scobis, filings, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 170.
  2. II. Transf., to polish.
    1. A. Lit., Ov. M. 4, 176; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 12 fin.: dentes, to clean, Tert. Poen. 11.
    2. 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.
  3. III. To lessen, diminish: vires, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14, 217.
    Hence, ēlī-mātus, 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.