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eliquo

ē-lĭquo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
  • To clarify, strain (post-Aug.).
    • A Lit.: vinum a faecibus, Col. 12, 27; cf. id. 12, 19, 4; Sen. Q. N. 3, 26.—
    • B Trop.: aliquid plorabile, to recite slowly or without energy, * Pers. 1, 35: canticum ore tereti semihiantibus labellis, Ap. Flor. 2, 15, p. 351, 11.—
  • II (With the notion of the simplex predominating.)
    • A To cause to flow clearly, to pour forth: fluviales aquas (mons), Ap. Met. 10, 30, 5.—Fig.: in unum necesse est summitas magnitudinis aliquetur, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 4.—
    • B To sift, examine thoroughly: scatebras fluviorum omnes et operta metalla, Prud. Hamart. 260.

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