Latin

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Etymology

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From dis- +‎ lavō (I wash).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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   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

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Descendants

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

References

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  • 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to refute charges: crimina diluere, dissolvere

Portuguese

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Verb

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diluo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of diluir