abluo
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ab- (“from, away from”) lavō (“I wash, cleanse”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈab.lu.oː/, [ˈäbɫ̪uoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈab.lu.o/, [ˈäbluo]
Verb
[edit]abluō (present infinitive abluere, perfect active abluī, supine ablūtum); third conjugation, no passive
- to wash off, wash away, cleanse, purify
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.681–682:
- ‘ablue praeteritī periūria temporis,’ inquit
‘ablue praeteritae perfida verba diē.’- “Wash away the false oaths of time passed,” he says, “wash away the dishonest words of the day gone by.”
(A merchant is praying at a spring, fountain, or well dedicated to Mercury (mythology).)
- “Wash away the false oaths of time passed,” he says, “wash away the dishonest words of the day gone by.”
- ‘ablue praeteritī periūria temporis,’ inquit
- (figuratively) to remove darkness
Conjugation
[edit]- Passive forms of this verb are only known for the third-person.
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “abluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “abluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- abluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]abluo
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