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abluo

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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  • Passive forms of this verb are only known for the third-person.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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  • 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

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Verb

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abluo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abluir