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