diluo Latin · revision 8214

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la lavō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīluō''' (present infinitive dīluere, perfect active dīluī, supine dīlūtum); third conjugation, third person-only in the passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dis-]] “apart” and the root of [[lavō]] “to wash”, as in [[alluō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of diluting.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to dissolve and carry away, wash away, as in Caesar, and in Catullus to moisten, bathe.^(OLD 2012) From Plautus it meant to dilute with water, and in Cicero to refute, explain away a charge.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to wash, efface.^(Stelten 1995) It was borrowed into Italian ''diluire'' and Spanish ''diluir'', and its participle ''dīlūtus'' gave [[en|dilute]] in the 1550s; its derivative ''dīluvium'' “flood” gave [[en|deluge]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of diluting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of refuting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of washing away.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1550s – English ''dilute'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To wash away.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To moisten, bathe.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|dilute]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To refute.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dīlūtum]]

+ * [[dīluviēs]]

+ * [[dīluviō]]

+ * [[dīluvium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lavō]]

+ * [[en|dilute]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}