I.v. a., to make liquid, to melt, dissolve, liquefy.
I. Lit.: “pila,” Luc. 7, 159: “vitrum,” Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 194: “lapis liquatur igni,” id. 36, 8, 13, § 62: “liquatum aes,” id. 34, 13, 36, § 134: liquatae guttae, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 25.—
B. Transf., to strain, filter, clarify: “vina liques,” Hor. C. 1, 11, 6: “liquatum vinum,” Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 124: “liquatae aquae,” id. 31, 3, 22, § 36: “saccus, quo vinum liquatur,” Col. 9, 15, 12: “silicem rivo saliente,” Manil. 5, 534: voces liquatae, i. e. clear voices, Auct. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.—*
