diluendum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →diluo, diluere, dilui, dilutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wash (away/off); dissolve and carry away; purge/clear/empty (bowels); drench;; bathe/wet/moisten; temper/dilute/dissolve/weaken/thin out (w/water); dissipate;; rebut/refute, explain away, make clear, explain, clear up (charge); diminish;
acc. sg. fut. pass. part.acc. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. sg. fut. pass. part.voc. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...agerem tamquam mihi crimen esset diluendum, haec pluribus dicerem". Eiponeia est et cum similes imperantibus vel permittentibus sumus..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...crimine quidem de quo cognitio est faciles ad diluendum, sed multis ante actae vitae flagitiis et gravibus oneratae..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esse proponeret crimenque a Minucio delatum ad senatum diluendum, tunc Maelius recipere se in cateruam suorum, et primum..."
