I.to make bright or shining, to polish, smooth (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. In gen.: “ferramenta detersa nitidentur,” Col. 12, 3, 9: “post serraturam, plagam ferramentis acutis nitidemus,” Pall. 3, 17, 1: “diligentissime nitidatum,” Marc. Emp. 8, 5.—
II. In partic., to wash, bathe: eunt ad fontem, nitidant corpora, Enn. ap. Non. 144, 16 (Trag. v 166 Vahl.); “so mid.: mundule nitidantur,” Att. ib. 17 (Trag. Rel. v. 603 Rib.).
