Liquo, liquas, liquáui, liquâre. Lucan. Plin. To melt: to dissolue.Gutræ liquatæ solis ardore.Cic.Melted, or dissolued.Niues liquantur. Mart. Liquare aluum. Cels. To make one haue a loose belly.Liquamen pen. pro. liquáminis, n. g. Col. Grease: tallow: sewet molten: larde: dripping tried.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
lĭquo, āvi, ātum, 1, 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.— II.Trop., to make clear, simplify: quae (verba) cum sex et viginti natus annos summis audientium clamoribus dixerit, defervisse tempore et annis liquata jam senior idem fatetur, Quint. 12, 6, 4.
