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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + lavō (“wash”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ēluō (present infinitive ēluere, perfect active ēluī, supine ēlūtum); third conjugation
- to wash out or away; to rinse
- to elute
Conjugation
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References
- “eluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “eluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- eluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to blot out a reproach: maculam (conceptam) delere, eluere