Expolitio, ônis. f. g. Verbale. Cic.A polishing: a trimming.Artificiosa inuenti expolitio.Cic.Artificio & expolitione distincta oratio. Cice. A stile workmanly and trimmely framed.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
expŏlītĭo, ōnis, f. [expolio], a smoothing off, rubbing up, polishing, finishing.I.Lit.: parietum, pavimentorum,
a plastering
, Vitr. 6 fin.; 7 praef. fin.: urbana, i. e.
of a house in the city
, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, 6: miniacea, Vitr. 7, 9.—II.Trop., of speech, an adorning, embellishing.A. In gen.: in verbis inest quasi materia quaedam: in numero autem expolitio, Cic. Or. 55, 185; id. de Or. 1, 12, 50; id. Inv. 1, 40, 74.—B. In partic., as a fig. of speech, Auct. Her. 4, 42, 54 sq.