abluo

ab-luō luī, lūtus, ere,

to wash away, remove by washing: Aeneae quaecumque obnoxia morti, all that is mortal, O.: ablutā caede, blood, V.—Fig.: perturbatio animi placatione abluatur, removed by propitiation: periuria, O.—To wash, cleanse by washing: pedes alicuius: manūs undā, O.: me flumine vivo, V.