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

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L&S Lewis & Short (1)
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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.
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pollūtē: adverbial

pollūte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg

• pollŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [cf.: adluo, diluo; Gr. λούω, to wash; λῦμα, λύμη, λυμαίνω, to cleanse, ruin], to soil, defile, pollute.
  1. I. Lit. (very rare): ore dapes, Verg. A. 3, 234: ora cruore, Ov. M. 15, 98: pollui cuncta sanie, odore, contactu, Tac. A. 4, 49: usu tegmina, id. ib. 13, 57: vina deciduo immundiore lapsu, Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119: polluta mensa cruore, Sil. 7, 183.—
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen., to defile morally, to pollute, contaminate, violate, dishonor, desecrate, etc. (class.; syn.: inquino, contamino): polluta et violata sacra, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71: deorum hominumque jura inexpiabili scelere, id. Phil. 11, 12, 29: fratris filiam incesto, Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 6: tragico pollutus concubitu, Juv. 2, 29: famam domūs stupro turpi, Phaedr. 3, 10, 17: nec Electrae jugulo se polluit, Juv. 8, 218: mentem suam et aures hominum nefariā voce, Tac. A. 3, 50: incestis se matrimoniis, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: jejunia, to violate, break, Nigid. ap. Isid. Orig. 20, 2: Jovem, to insult, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 8. ferias, to desecrate (by labor), Gell. 2, 28, 3: avaritia invadit, polluit, vastat omnia, Sall. J. 41, 9; Ov. M. 2, 794: polluta pax, Verg. A. 7, 467: polluendam perdendamque rempublicam relinquere, Tac. H. 2, 76: ferias, Macr. S. 1, 16, 11.—Esp., in eccl. Lat., to render unclean, in a ceremonial sense, Vulg. Lev. 7, 21; pass., to be unclean, id. ib. 11, 27; 15, 32: pollutum et mundum, id. ib. 10, 10: pollutum comedit, id. Osee, 9, 3.—
    2. B. In partic., to violate, dishonor a woman (post-Aug.), Tac. A. 12, 46; id. Agr. 31; Vulg. Ezech. 18, 11.—Hence, pollū-tus, a, um, P. a., polluted, i. e. no longer virgin, then vicious, unchaste, Cat. 60, 46: femina, Liv. 10, 23, 10: princeps, Tac. H. 2, 37 fin.: scelesta pollutaque femina, App. M. 10, 34.—Comp.: senectus, more vicious, more sinful, Sil. 11, 47.—Sup.: dives, App. M. 9, p. 234, 31.
GAF Gaffiot (2)
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Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire illustré latin-français (1934). Digital data kindly provided by gaffiot.fr.
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• pollūtē [inus.], impudiquement, d'une manière infâme || pollutius P. Nol. 26, 177.
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pollūtē: adverbial

pollūte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg

• pollŭō, ŭī, ūtum, ĕre (por, luo), tr.,
1. mouiller [de manière à salir], [d'où] salir, souiller : Virg. En. 3, 234 ; Tac. Ann. 4, 49 ; Ov. M. 15, 98
2. [fig.] profaner, souiller : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 187 || Jovem Prop. 4, 9, 8, insulter Jupiter ; polluta pax Virg. En. 7, 467, paix violée ; polluere famam Phædr. 3, 10, 17, ternir la réputation, entacher l'honneur ; jura Cic. Phil. 11, 29, violer les lois
3. séduire [une femme], déshonorer, attenter à l'honneur de : Tac. Ann. 12, 46 ; Agr. 31 ; Juv. 2, 29 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 4, 11, 6.
GES Gesner (1)
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Johann Matthias Gesner, Novus Linguae et Eruditionis Romanae Thesaurus (1749). Transcribed by the team of Dr. Wilhelm Kühlmann from Heidelberg University; accessed via latin-dict.github.io.
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pollūtē: adverbial

pollūte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg

POLLVO ui, ûtum, ere. [γραίνω, μολύνω, μιαίνω] Inquinare et maculare significat, quasi Perluere, i. totum madefacere, vnde maculae deinde oriantur. […]
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FOR Forcellini (2)
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Egidio Forcellini, Totius Latinitatis Lexicon. Digital entries displayed from lexica.linguax.com, maintained by Godmy. All credit belongs to the respective authors and contributors.
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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• pollute:
      1. 1. inquĭno, 1: to p. (befoul) with every kind of affront, omni contumelia i., Phaedr. 1, 2, 21: Hor.: to p. a (whole) company of boys (corrupt them), i. gregem puerorum, Varr. in Non.: to p. oneself by parricide, se parricidio i., Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 6.
      2. 2. contāmĭno, 1 (strictly, to mix up together; hence not used in the best age of physical defilement, as in Suet. Ner. 56): they thought their blood p.d, contaminari sanguinem suum rebantur, Liv. 4, 1, init.; p.d with crime, contaminatus facinore, Caes. B. G. 7, 43: Cic.: Hor.
      3. 3. polluo, i, ūtum, 3 (either of physical or moral defilement): to p. food, dapes p., Virg. Aen. 3, 234: to p. and outrage sacred things, sacra p. et violare, Cic. Verr. 5, 72, 187.
      4. 4. măcŭlo, 1 (to spot, stain: less freq.): to p. groves by debauchery, nemora stupro m., Cic. Mil. 31, 85: Liv. Strengthened, commaculo, 1 (rare): to p. the altars of the gods with blood, sanguine altaria Deum c., Tac. A. 1, 39.
      5. 5. incesto, 1 (esp. poet.): to p. by death, funere i., Virg. Aen. 6, 150: Stat.: Suet. Tib. 43 (of sensual pollution).
      6. 6. foedo, 1 (to befoul, defile): your arrival p.d Rome itself, Romam ipsam foedavit adventus tuus, Cic. in Pis. 22, 53. Join: pollui foedarique, Tac.
      7. 7. fūnesto, 1 (with blood): to p. altars with human sacrifices, aras humanis hostiis f., Cic. Font. 10, 21: Juv.
      8. 8. tĕmĕro, 1 (strictly, to profane): to p. bodies with abominable food, corpora nefandis dapibus t., Ov. M. 15, 75.
      9. 9. conscĕlĕro, 1 (to infect with guilt): Liv.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• POLLUTE
maculare: commaculare: maculis aspergere (especially to make spots upon white) or contaminare (to defile, contaminate; but only figuratively): polluere (to pollute, defile, desecrate): spurcare, conspurcare (to defile, contaminate): oblinere (to bedaub, figuratively for to pollute): infuscare (figuratively to obscure): foedare (to disfigure): violare (to injure, dishonor): labem or labeculam aspergere alicui rei (to stain, pollute, figuratively).