noun · femininethird declension
expolītiō
expolītiō f (genitive expolītiōnis)
Meaning
- polishing, finishing
- adorning, embellishing (of speech)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | expolītiō | expolītiōnēs |
| genitive | expolītiōnis | expolītiōnum |
| dative | expolītiōnī | expolītiōnibus |
| accusative | expolītiōnem | expolītiōnēs |
| ablative | expolītiōne | expolītiōnibus |
| vocative | expolītiō | expolītiōnēs |
expŏlītĭo, ōnis, f. expolio,
I. a smoothing off, rubbing up, polishing, finishing.
I. Lit.:
parietum, pavimentorum, a plastering, Vitr. 6 fin.; 7 praef. fin.: urbana, i. e. of a house in the city, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 6: miniacea, Vitr. 7, 9.—II. Trop., of speech, an adorning, embellishing.
A. In gen.:
in verbis inest quasi materia quaedam: in numero autem expolitio, Cic. Or. 55, 185; id. de Or. 1, 12, 50; id. Inv. 1, 40, 74.—B. In partic., as a fig. of speech, Auct. Her. 4, 42, 54 sq.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
expolītiō ōnis, f
expolio, a smoothing off, polishing, finishing, embellishing : urbana, i. e. of a house in the city.—Plur. : utriusque nostrūm, i. e. of both our houses .—Fig.: inest in numero expolitio.