diluo

dī-luō uī, ūtus, ere,

to wash away, dissolve, dilute, wash, drench: ne aqua lateres diluere posset, Cs.: sata laeta, V.: unguenta lacrimis, O.: diluta labella guttis, moistened, Ct.—To dissolve, temper, dilute, mix, steep: venenum, L.: favos lacte, V.: mella Falerno, H.—Fig., to weaken, lessen, impair, extenuate: res levīs crimen: molestias omnīs: horam mero, O.: quae Popilius obiecerat, L.: unāquāque de re.