diluo

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ luō (“I wash”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dīluō (present infinitive dīluere, perfect active dīluī, supine dīlūtum); third conjugation, third person-only in the 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, third person-only in the 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 — — dīlūtum est — — dīlūta sunt
pluperfect — — dīlūtum erat — — dīlūta erant
future perfect — — dīlūtum erit — — dīlūta erint
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 — — dīlūtum sit — — dīlūta sint
pluperfect — — dīlūtum esset — — dīlūta essent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dīlue — — dīluite —
future — dīluitō dīluitō — dīluitōte dīluuntō
passive future — — dīluitor — — dīluuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present dīluere dīluī dīluēns —
future dīlūtūrum esse dīlūtum īrī dīlūtūrus dīluendum
perfect dīluisse dīlūtum esse — dīlūtum
future perfect — dīlūtum fore — —
perfect potential dīlūtūrum fuisse — — —
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[1], 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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