ē-liquo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. To clarify, strain (post-Aug.). Lit.: vinum a faecibus, Col. 12, 27; cf. id. 12, 19, 4; Sen. Q. N. 3, 26.

— Trop.: aliquid plorabile, to recite slowly or without energy, * Pers. 1, 35: canticum ore tereti semihiantibus labellis, App. Flor. 2, 15, p. 351, 11.

— (With the notion of the simplex predominating.) 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.

— To sift, examine thoroughly: scatebras fluviorum omnes et operta metalla, Prud. Hamart. 260.