diluo

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ lavō (“I wash”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dīluō (present infinitive dīluere, perfect active dīluī, supine dīlūtum); third conjugation, limited passive

  1. (transitive) to wash away
  2. (transitive) to drench or moisten
  3. (transitive) to purge, clear or empty (the bowels)
  4. (transitive) to dissolve, cause to melt
  5. (transitive) to dilute
  6. (transitive) to dissipate

Conjugation
   Conjugation of dīluō (third conjugation, only third-person forms in passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīluō dīluis dīluit dīluimus dīluitis dīluunt
imperfect dīluēbam dīluēbās dīluēbat dīluēbāmus dīluēbātis dīluēbant
future dīluam dīluēs dīluet dīluēmus dīluētis dīluent
perfect dīluī dīluistī dīluit dīluimus dīluistis dīluērunt,
dīluēre
pluperfect dīlueram dīluerās dīluerat dīluerāmus dīluerātis dīluerant
future perfect dīluerō dīlueris dīluerit dīluerimus dīlueritis dīluerint
passive present — — dīluitur — — dīluuntur
imperfect — — dīluēbātur — — dīluēbantur
future — — dīluētur — — dīluentur
perfect — — dīlūtus est — — dīlūtī sunt
pluperfect — — dīlūtus erat — — dīlūtī erant
future perfect — — dīlūtus erit — — dīlūtī erunt
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīluam dīluās dīluat dīluāmus dīluātis dīluant
imperfect dīluerem dīluerēs dīlueret dīluerēmus dīluerētis dīluerent
perfect dīluerim dīluerīs dīluerit dīluerīmus dīluerītis dīluerint
pluperfect dīluissem dīluissēs dīluisset dīluissēmus dīluissētis dīluissent
passive present — — dīluātur — — dīluantur
imperfect — — dīluerētur — — dīluerentur
perfect — — dīlūtus sit — — dīlūtī sint
pluperfect — — dīlūtus esset,
dīlūtus foret		 — — dīlūtī essent,
dīlūtī forent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dīlue — — dīluite —
future — dīluitō dīluitō — dīluitōte dīluuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dīluere dīluisse dīlūtūrum esse dīluī dīlūtum esse dīlūtum īrī
participles dīluēns — dīlūtūrus — dīlūtus dīluendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dīluendī dīluendō dīluendum dīluendō dīlūtum dīlūtū

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Catalan: diluir
  • → English: dilute
  • French: diluer
  • Galician: diluír
  • Italian: diluire
  • Piedmontese: diluì
  • Portuguese: diluir
  • Spanish: diluir

References
  • “diluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “diluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • diluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to refute charges: crimina diluere, dissolvere

Portuguese

Verb

diluo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of diluir
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