Lewis Short
(verb) : col-lŭo (conl-), lŭi, lūtum, 3
* 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).—*
* Absol., to wash up (earth) by the waves, Dig. 41, 1, 30, § 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary