Appearance

Theme

Reading text

Font
Size
100%
Spacing

Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

Issues / Feedback

This report will be visible to the general public on our GitHub issue tracker. Please do not submit private or sensitive information.
Only needed if you want updates or clarification on GitHub.

Dictionary settings

Enabled Dictionaries
Search Scope

Match conjugated verbs and declined nouns/adjectives.

Highlight Strength 50%
Contents (6 senses)
L&S Lewis & Short (1)
Source
Source & Attribution
Text provided under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license by the Perseus Digital Library, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Digitized from Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary (1879). Data originally from PerseusDL/lexica and accessed from github.com/nkprasad12/lexica.
dī-lŭo Copy link
Outline
• dī-lŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to wash to pieces, wash away; to dissolve, dilute, cause to melt away; to wash, drench (freq. and class.).
  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Ingen.: ne aqua lateres diluere posset, * Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 6: sata laeta boumque labores, Verg. G. 1, 326; cf.: sanguine diluitur tellus, is soaked, Furius Antias ap. Gell. 18, 11, 4: unguenta lacrimis, Ov. P. 1, 9, 53: alvum helleboro, Gell. 17, 15, 4: vulnus cruris aceto, Petr. 136, 7; cf.: ulcus ovi albore, Scrib. Comp. 24: colorem, i. e. to wash out, weaken, Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91; Ov. P. 4, 10, 62: amnes diluuntur, Plin. 31, 4, 29, § 52.—
    2. B. In partic., to dissolve any thing in a liquid, i. e. to temper, dilute, mix: absinthia, Lucr. 4, 224; 6, 930; cf. venenum, Liv. 40, 4 fin.: helleborum, Pers. 5, 100: vinum, i. e. to dilute with water, Mart. 1, 107; v. under P. a.: favos lacte et miti Baccho (i. e. vino), Verg. G. 1, 344; cf.: Hymettia mella Falerno, Hor. S. 2, 2, 16: insignem bacam aceto, id. ib. 2, 3, 241: medicamentum aceto, Cels. 5, 20; Scrib. Comp. 158; 261 al.: circaeam in vino, Plin. 27, 8, 38, § 60: rutam cum mero, Col. 6, 4, 2: medicamentum ex aqua, Scrib. Comp. 247 et saep.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To weaken, lessen, impair; to do away with, remove: adversariorum confirmatio diluitur aut infirmatur aut elevatur, Cic. Inv. 1, 42: res leves infirmare ac diluere (opp. confirmare), id. Rosc. Am. 15; Quint. 9, 2, 80: molestias omnes (c. c. extenuare), Cic. Tusc. 3, 16; cf.: curam multo mero, Ov. A. A. 238: seriorem horam mero, id. H. 19, 14: vitium ex animo (Bacchus), Prop. 3, 17, 6 (4, 16, 6 M.): crimen, Cic. Mil. 27; id. Brut. 80, 278; Liv. 4, 14; Quint. 7, 10, 12 (opp. obicere); 9, 2, 53 (c. c. negare) et saep.; cf. also Cic. Cael. 15; Liv. 45, 10; Quint. 4, 2, 26; Ov. R. Am. 695 et saep.: invidiam aliqua cavillatione, Suet. Vesp. 23: injurias aere pauco, to atone for, Gell. 20, 1, 31: omnes affectuum vires, Quint, 11, 1, 52: ejus auctoritatem, Sen. Ep. 29: memoriam tam praeclarae rei, Val. Max. 9, 2, 1.—*
    2. B. Analog. with its synon. dissolvere, to solve a difficulty, i. e. to explain: mi, quod rogavi, dilue, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 64.—Hence,