dilutus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dīluō (“wash away; dissolve, dilute”).

Participle

dīlūtus (feminine dīlūta, neuter dīlūtum, comparative dīlūtior, superlative dīlūtissimus); first/second-declension participle

  1. washed away, drenched, having been washed away.
  2. dissolved, diluted, mixed, having been diluted.
    1. (by extension, of a liquid) thin, weak, watery
    2. (by extension, of a person) drunk
  3. (figuratively) weakened, lessened, impaired, having been weakened.
    1. (by extension) faint, feeble, weak

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dīlūtus dīlūta dīlūtum dīlūtī dīlūtae dīlūta
Genitive dīlūtī dīlūtae dīlūtī dīlūtōrum dīlūtārum dīlūtōrum
Dative dīlūtō dīlūtō dīlūtīs
Accusative dīlūtum dīlūtam dīlūtum dīlūtōs dīlūtās dīlūta
Ablative dīlūtō dīlūtā dīlūtō dīlūtīs
Vocative dīlūte dīlūta dīlūtum dīlūtī dīlūtae dīlūta

Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “diluted; thin, watery”): spissus

References
  • “dilutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dilutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dilutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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