colluo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

col-lŭo (conl-), lŭi, lūtum, 3, v. a.,

I to wash thoroughly , wash out , rinse (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.); constr. aliquid , or aliquid aliquā re; rarely aliquid de aliquā re : metretam amurcā, Cato R. R. 100; Pers. 1, 18: os de oleo, Plin. 23, 4, 38, § 77: decocto, id. 23, 6, 56, § 105: dentes aquā, id. 20, 6, 23, § 53: gemma melle colluta, id. 37, 10, 56, § 155.—Poet.: ora, to moisten , wet , i. e. to quench thirst , * Ov. M. 5, 447 (cf.: abluere sitim, Lucr. 4, 877).—*

II Absol. , to wash up (earth) by the waves , Dig. 41, 1, 30, § 2.

Related Words