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Latin
Etymology
From ab- (“from, away from”) + lavō (“I wash, cleanse”).
Pronunciation
Verb
abluō (present infinitive abluere, perfect active abluī, supine ablūtum); third conjugation, no passive
- 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).)
- (figuratively) to remove darkness
Conjugation
- Passive forms of this verb are only known for the third-person.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “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
Verb
abluo
- first-person singular present indicative of abluir