I.to file up, viz.,
I. Prop.: “elimata scobis,” filings, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 170.—
II. Transf., to polish.
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.—
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.
