abluerant
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;
pl. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Numicius undis. hunc iubet Aeneae, quaecumque obnoxia morti, abluere et tacito deferre sub aequora cursu; corniger exsequitur Veneris..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tamen ut detis, supplex peto. non ego nostros abluere hic artus lassataque membra parabam, sed relevare sitim. caret..."