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abluo

abluo, to wash away, remove by washing

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

abluō, luī, lūtus, 3, a.: to wash away, 9.818; cleanse, purify, wash, 2.720.

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abluto perfect passive participle neuter dative singular, perfect passive participle neuter ablative singular, perfect passive participle masculine ablative singular, perfect passive participle masculine dative singular of abluo

abluto present active indicative 1st singular of ablutor

See abluto in Morpho

ab-lŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to wash off or away, to wash, cleanse, purify.
  • I Lit.: pulverem lymphis, Pac. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 13 (Trag. Rel. p. 108 Rib.): Ulixi pedes abluens, Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 46: donec me flumine vivo abluero, Verg. A. 2, 719: abluendo cruori balneas petit, Tac. H. 3, 32.—Poet.: abluere sitim, to quench, Lucr. 4, 876; and: abluere sibi umbras, to remove darkness (by bringing a light), id. 4, 378.—Of the washing away of earth by a shower, Varr. R. R. 1, 35.—In eccl. Lat., of baptism: munere divinitatis abluti, Cod. Th. 19, 6, 4.—
  • II Trop., of calming the passions: omnis ejusmodi perturbatio animi placatione abluatur, be removed (fig. derived from the religious rite of washing in expiation of sin), Cic. Tusc. 4, 28, 60: maculam veteris industriae laudabili otio, to wash out, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 3: perjuria, Ov. F. 5, 681 al.

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