luo

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

lŭo, lui, 3, v. a. [root lu-, to wash; Gr. λούω, λουτρόν; cf. λῦμα, λύθρον, polluo, diluo, and lavo],

I to wash, lave. —Lit.: Graecia luitur Ionio, Sil. 11, 22: amnis moenia luit, Prud. στεφ. 3, 190.—

II Trop., to cleanse, purge : insontes errore luit, Val. Fl. 3, 407.

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