luere
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;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndpl. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin. - Entry →luo, luere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wash, lave; cleanse, purge (L+S);
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
- L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...tuto reuerse: gnatus et genitor nece reditus tuos luere; peruertis domum amore semper coniugum aut odio nocens. Hippolyte..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Lupercalia" aeque tris partes orationis esse contendant quasi "luere per caprum": LXVII. nam "Solitaurilia" iam persuasum est esse..." 
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...lacertis, qua potuit nostras possessa repellere vires? me luere ista iube; pono arma et reddo Pelasgis et maneo..."- G
Liber I
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...advenerit?' XVII. Ovis Canis et Lupus Solent mendaces luere poenas malefici.Calumniator ab ove cum peteret canis,quem commendasse..." - P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...verius unum pro vobis foedus luere et decernere ferro.' discessere omnes medii spatiumque dedere. At pater Aeneas audito..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...temeritate imperatoris, nullo gentium iure bellum inferentis, poenas luere exercitum noluerunt; deinde quod beluas, non hostis nobis obiecerunt..." - T
Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quae abessent aestimanda Scipioni permitti atque ita pecunia luere Carthaginienses.—sunt qui Hannibalem ex acie ad mare peruenisse..." - P
Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quae cruciatibus tormentorum ipse, patronus eius nece immerita luere. Trucidatis tot insignibus viris ad postremum Nero virtutem ipsam..."
