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diluo
diluo
Latin
Verb
dīluō (present infinitive dīluere, perfect active dīluī, supine dīlūtum); third conjugation, limited passive
- (transitive) I wash away.
- (transitive) I drench or moisten.
- (transitive) I purge, clear or empty (the bowels).
- (transitive) I dissolve, cause to melt.
- (transitive) I dilute.
- (transitive) I dissipate.
Inflection
| Conjugation of diluo (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 + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | dīlūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | dīlūtus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| 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 + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | dīlūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| 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 | dīlūtūrus esse | dīluī | dīlūtus esse | dīlūtum īrī | |
| participles | dīluēns | — | dīlūtūrus | — | dīlūtus | dīluendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| dīluere | dīluendī | dīluendō | dīluendum | dīlūtum | dīlūtū | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “diluo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to refute charges: crimina diluere, dissolvere
- to refute charges: crimina diluere, dissolvere