perluo Latin · revision 34339

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1st century BC, Caesar and Horace|origins=ine-pro *(le-)louh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈpɛr.ɫu.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈpɛr.lu.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perluō''' (present infinitive perluere, perfect active perluī, supine perlūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The spelling ''pelluō'' is reported by the grammarian Velius Longus and transmitted in Fronto.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|lavō|t2=to wash]],^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) with the compound form ⟨-luere⟩ found also in [[m|la|alluō]] and [[m|la|abluō]].^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) The simple verb goes back to [[itc-pro|*lowa-]] and [[ine-pro|*(le-)louh₃-|t=to wash]]; de Vaan sees the same verb in the compounds in ⟨-luere⟩.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|vutu|t=to wash]] and [[grc|λούω|tr=loúō|t=I wash]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL records it from Caesar on, though it queries whether the passage is interpolated;^(TLL) Horace also has it.^(TLL) Caesar writes that men and women bathe together in rivers (''promiscue in fluminibus perluuntur'').^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The active means to wash something all over: Ovid has ''manus unda'' and ''vivo perlue rore manus'', “wash your hands in running water”,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Columella vessels rinsed with water and a mouth rinsed with wine, Celsus the intestines, Pliny a temple wetted with dripping wings, and Fronto the pavement in baths.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) In Petronius sweat bathes the face (''sudor perluit ora'').^(Lewis & Short 1879) The reflexive or passive means to bathe: Ovid's ''perluitur solita Titania lympha'', “Titania bathes in her usual pool”,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Horace.^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Apuleius has ''sudore perlutus'', wet with sweat.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses the passive of bathing in rivers.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of bathing.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of washing the hands.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of washing the intestines.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of rinsing vessels.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 100–170 AD – Fronto uses it of washing the pavement of baths.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|wash]] all over, [[m|en|rinse]] thoroughly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(reflexive or passive)'' To [[m|en|bathe]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lavō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}