wash (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. lăvo, 1, and lāvi, lautum, 3 (the most gen. term)2. luo, lui, 3 (rare, and poet.)3. abluo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to w. away)4. ēluo (to rinse, w. out)5. perluo (to w. thoroughly)6. alluo (to w. against)II. Intrans.1. lăvor, 12. lăvo, 1 and 33. perluor, 3 • wash (v.): I. Trans.: 1. lăvo, 1, and lāvi, lautum, 3 (the most gen. term): to w. hands, manus lavare, Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 246: to w. hair, crines l., Hor. Od. 4, 6, 26: he w.'d the sacred vessels in the water, sacra lavit aquis, Ov. Fast. 4, 340: to w. with tears, lacrimis l., Pl. Ps. 1, 1, 8: the sea w.'d the sands, mare lavit arenas, Ov. M. 7, 267. Fig.: to w. away evils with wine, mala vino lavere, Hor. Od. 3, 13, 2: you come to w. out your fault by prayers, venis precibus lautum peccatum tuum, Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 80. 2. luo, lui, 3 (rare, and poet.): Greece is w.'d by the Ionian sea, Graecia luitur Ionio, Sil. 11, 22. 3. abluo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to w. away): he seeks the bath to w. away the blood, petit balineas abluendo cruori, Tac. H. 3, 32: w. away the perjury, ablue perjuria, Ov. F. 5, 681. 4. ēluo (to rinse, w. out): to w. out dishes, patinas e., Pl. Capt. 3, 2, 66: to w. out colour, colorem e., Lucr. 6, 1076. Fig.: crime is w.'d out, scelus eluitur, Virg. Aen. 6, 742. 5. perluo (to w. thoroughly): he w.s his hands, perluit manus, Ov. F. 5, 435. 6. alluo (to w. against): the river w.s the sides of the island, fluvius alluit latera insulae, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6. II. Intrans.: to w., to bathe: 1. lăvor, 1: they w. in the rivers, lavantur in fluminibus, Caes. B. G. 4, 1. 2. lăvo, 1 and 3: fish are w.ing all their life long, pisces usque dum vivunt lavant, Pl. 2, 3, 1. 3. perluor, 3: I w. in cold water, gelida perluor unda, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 4. Phr.: this dress will (will not) w., *huic vesti post lavationem stat (evanescit) color.
wash (subs.) Copy link Outline I. v. WASHINGII. Cosmetic, lotion1. fūcus2. mĕdĭcāmentumIII. A marsh, esp. at a river's mouth, estuary • wash (subs.): I. v. washing: Phr.: to send to the w., *ad lavandum dare. II. Cosmetic, lotion: 1. fūcus: to dye with a blue w., tingere caeruleo fuco, Prop. 2, 18, 27. 2. mĕdĭcāmentum: Sen. III. A marsh, esp. at a river's mouth, estuary: pălus, ūdis, f.: aestuarium: w.s and marshes, aestuaria et paludes, Caes. B. G. 2, 28: v. marsh, fen.
WASH Copy link • WASH 1. v. Transitively, PROP., lavare (general term): abluere (with or without aqua; to cleanse by water): eluere (to wash out, especially vessels, stains out of anything): perluere (to wash carefully or thoroughly). To wash the body, the feet, corpus, pedes, abluere or perluere (aqua): to wash stains out of a garment, maculos vestis eluere or e veste abluere: to wash a pavement with water, pavimentum aqua perluere: to wash one’s hands, manus tergere, or sibi manus extergere (Plaut.): to wash the face, lavare vultum (Ov.). Proverbially. To wash a blackamoor white [Vid :, WHITE]. Figuratively, Said of the sea, locum alluere or subluere (from below). To be washed by the sea, mari adlui, contineri: mare adtingere: ad mare spectare. To color, Vid: Intransitively. To wash, or wash one’s self, lavari: lavare (seldom, if ever, used by Cic.); in a shower-bath, aqua perfundi (Vid: Auct. ad Her., 4, 9, 10); in a river, flumine corpus abluere; in cold water, frigida lavari. 2. s. Washing, lavatio: lotio: lotura: ablutio (late; Vid: WASHING). To send anything to the wash, aliquid ad lavandum dare. Cosmetic lotion, fucus (general term): medicamentum (e.g., fucati medicamenta candoris et ruboris): adjumentum ad pulchritudinem (Ter., general term). Hogs’ wash, colluvies (Plin., 24, 19, 116). A wash of color, color tenuis. A marsh, Vid: WASH-BALL, gleba saponis (after Caes.): smegma (Plin., a composition for smoothing the skin).