abluam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abluo, abluere, ablui, ablutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wash away/off/out, blot out, purify, wash, cleanse; dispel (infection); quench;
sg. fut. act. ind. 1stsg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...pulverem manibus isdem, quibus Vlixi saepe permulsi, abluam lassitudinemque minuam manuum mollitudine. "Rubidus" autem est rufus atrior..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...populumque patresque Sidonios urbemque tuam. date, vulnera lymphis abluam et, extremus si quis super halitus errat, ore legam..."