verb transitive

complāno

2nd PP com-plānāre · 3rd PP com-plānāvi · 4th PP com-plānātum · conj. 1st

to make even; level; plain

to make even, level, or plain (rare).

terram tabulā, manibus, pedibus, Cato, R. R. 151, 3: montium juga, Suet. Calig.… literal ••

Prop.: terram tabulā, manibus, pedibus, Cato, R. R. 151, 3: montium juga, Suet. Calig. 37: lacum, id. Caes. 44: opera, Auct. B. Alex. 63: domum, to make even with the ground, to pull down, raze, Cic. Dom. 38, 101.—*

complanare et mollire aspera, dura, i. e. to render tolerable, Sen. Prov. 5, 9. figuratively •

Trop.: complanare et mollire aspera, dura, i. e. to render tolerable, Sen. Prov. 5, 9.

Perseus ID: n9608 Key: complano