(adjective) : illōtus (inl-, illautus and illūtus), a, um, in-lotus
* Unwashed, uncleaned, unclean, dirty.
* Lit.
* Form illotus: illotis manibus aliquid tractare,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 103: toralia,Hor. S. 2, 4, 84: echini,id. ib. 2, 8, 52: cochleae,Plin. 30, 6, 16, § 49: faex vini,id. 23, 2, 31, § 63: inlotus sudor,Verg. G. 3, 443 (Rib.).
* Trop.: illotus sermo, Auct. Decl. in Sall. 1, § 1.
* Form illutus: vinacei,Cato, R. R. 147.
* Prov.: illotis manibus or pedibus facere aliquid,to underlake a thing without due preparation,Dig. 1, 2, 1; Gell. 1, 9, 8; 17, 5 fin., Macr. S. 1, 24, § 12.—*

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