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dilui

Dictionary entries

  • 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;

    Entry →
    sg. perf. act. ind. 1st
    pres. pass. infin.

Examples

  • A

    Liber II

    Aulus Gellius

    "...nihil patri parendum, inperfecta est refutarique ac dilui sic potest:15 Omnia, quae in rebus humanis fiunt..."
  • M

    Liber IX

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...rescinduntur. Idque sane frequentissime faciendum est: aliter enim dilui obiecta non possunt, utique cum quaestio in eo consistit..."
  • M

    Liber IV

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...sumus oportet. cur ergo non exponamus quod et dilui potest et, ut hoc contingat, utique indicandum est? LXXIX..."
  • G

    Liber II

    Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM

    "...erat commune crimen ab utroque defendi, et si dilui non potuisset in utroque puniri. Dilata..."

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