Lewis & Short

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ē-lĭquo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

  1. I. To clarify, strain (post-Aug.).
    1. A. Lit.: vinum a faecibus, Col. 12, 27; cf. id. 12, 19, 4; Sen. Q. N. 3, 26.
    2. B. Trop.: aliquid plorabile, to recite slowly or without energy, * Pers. 1, 35: canticum ore tereti semihiantibus labellis, App. Flor. 2, 15, p. 351, 11.
  2. II. (With the notion of the simplex predominating.)
    1. A. To cause to flow clearly, to pour forth: fluviales aquas (mons), App. M. 10, p. 253.
      Fig.: in unum necesse est summitas magnitudinis aliquetur, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 4.
    2. B. To sift, examine thoroughly: scatebras fluviorum omnes et operta metalla, Prud. Hamart. 260.