abluo

Latin

Etymology

From ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ lavō (“I wash, cleanse”).

Pronunciation

Verb

abluō (present infinitive abluere, perfect active abluī, supine ablūtum); third conjugation, no passive

  1. 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).)
  2. (figuratively) to remove darkness

Conjugation
  • Passive forms of this verb are only known for the third-person.
   Conjugation of abluō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present abluō abluis abluit abluimus abluitis abluunt
imperfect abluēbam abluēbās abluēbat abluēbāmus abluēbātis abluēbant
future abluam abluēs abluet abluēmus abluētis abluent
perfect abluī abluistī abluit abluimus abluistis abluērunt,
abluēre
pluperfect ablueram abluerās abluerat abluerāmus abluerātis abluerant
future perfect abluerō ablueris abluerit abluerimus ablueritis abluerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present abluam abluās abluat abluāmus abluātis abluant
imperfect abluerem abluerēs ablueret abluerēmus abluerētis abluerent
perfect abluerim abluerīs abluerit abluerīmus abluerītis abluerint
pluperfect abluissem abluissēs abluisset abluissēmus abluissētis abluissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — ablue — — abluite —
future — abluitō abluitō — abluitōte abluuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives abluere abluisse ablūtūrum esse — — —
participles abluēns — ablūtūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
abluendī abluendō abluendum abluendō ablūtum ablūtū

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Catalan: abluir
  • French: abluer
  • Portuguese: abluir

References
  • “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

Verb

abluo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abluir
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