dilutus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dīluō (wash away; dissolve, dilute).

Participle

dīlūtus (feminine dīlūta, neuter dīlūtum, comparative dīlūtior, superlative dīlūtissimus); first/second-declension participle

  1. washed away, drenched, having been washed away.
  2. dissolved, diluted, mixed, having been diluted.
    1. (by extension, of a liquid) thin, weak, watery
    2. (by extension, of a person) drunk
  3. (figuratively) weakened, lessened, impaired, having been weakened.
    1. (by extension) faint, feeble, weak

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of diluted; thin, watery): spissus

References

  • dilutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dilutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dilutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.