verb
ē-lĭquo
Meaning
- To clarify
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, App. 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), App. M. 10, p. 253.—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.