dilues
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;
sg. fut. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...dies. DAEM. Apstine maledictis et mihi quod rogavi dilue. TRACH. Cistellam isti inesse oportet caudeam in isto vidulo..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...agrestis adoret: cui tu lacte fauos et miti dilue Baccho, terque nouas circum felix eat hostia fruges, omnis..."
