diluo

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ lavō (“I wash”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.lu.oː/, [ˈd̪iːɫ̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.lu.o/, [ˈd̪iːluo]

Verb

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

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

• dīluviēs
• dīluviō
• dīluvium

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