luant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →luo, luere, lui, lutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pay; pay fine, compensate/atone; [poenam ~ => suffer punishment as expiation];; atone, make amends for, expiate; compensate; liberate/set free; redeem (debt);; fulfill (promise), make good; discharge (debt); avert (trouble) by expiation;; wash, lave; cleanse, purge (L+S);
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...pestes nec luctifer ingruat annus nec populi nostrive luant ea facta minores.' dixerat et summas frondentibus intulit aris..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tori tonitrus agis et mea fulmina torques. facta luant Thebae: cur hostes eligis Argos? quin age, si tanta..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pace tua atque invito numine Troes Italiam petiere, luant peccata neque illos iuveris auxilio; sin tot responsa secuti..."Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...solum sanguine sed etiam publica clade luant. 'Quamquam ne nunc quidem, patres conscripti, aut in ducibus..."