dē-pŏlĭo

I. perf., ītum, 4, v. a., to smooth off, polish off (very rare).

I. Prop.: aliquid cote, Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188. —Comic.: dorsum meum virgis, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 85.—

II. Trop.: DEPOLITUM perfectum, quia omnes perfectiones antiqui politiones appellabant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 20 Müll.; cf. the foll. art.