bathe Copy link Outline A. Intrans.1. lăvor, lautum, lăvātum or lōtum, 1 and 32. perlŭor. lūtus, 3B. Trans.1. tingo, tinxi, tinctum, 32. perfundo, fudi, fūsum, 3 • bathe: A. Intrans.: 1. lăvor, lautum, lăvātum or lōtum, 1 and 3: sons-in-law do not bathe with their fathers-in-law, cum soceris generi non lavantur, Cic.: Caes.: also in act. (with ellipsis of se): Ter.: Liv. 2. perlŭor. lūtus, 3: they b. in rivers, in fluminibus perluuntur, Caes.: Hor. B. Trans.: and usu. fig.: 1. tingo, tinxi, tinctum, 3: to b. bodies in a river, flumine corpora t., Ov.: to b. a jewel with tears, gemmam lacrimis t., Ov.: to b. with light, lumine t., Lucr. 2. perfundo, fudi, fūsum, 3: sweat b.d his bones and joints, ossaque et artus perfudit sudor, Virg.: Plin.: v. to wash. Phr.: to b. the bosom with tears, sinum lacrimis implere, Virg.: to b. one's face in tears, lacrimis opplere os sibi Ter.: her bright eyes b.d. in tears, lacrimis oculos suffusa nitentes, Virg.: to b. oneself in tears, in lacrimas se effundere, Tac.; largos effundere fletus, Virg.