(v. a.P. a.adv.) : lăvo, lāvi, lautum, lăvātum and lōtum (in class. prose
* Perf. lāvi; sup. always lavātum; perf. part. lautus; the other forms of the first conj. Also, pres. lavĕre; second pers. lavis, ante-class. and poet.; cf. Diom. 1, p. 377; v. Neue, Formenl. second ed. 2, p. 420), 1 and 3, v. a. and n. Gr. λυ- in λύθρον; strengthened in λούω, λοῦτρον; cf. λόϝετρον; Lat. luo (pol-luo, etc.), diluvium, lutus, to wash, bathe, lave.
* Lit.: si inquinata erit lavito,Cato, R. R. 65: puerum, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 17; Plaut. Truc. 5, 10: manus lavite,Titin. ib. 22: manus lava,Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 246: cum jam manus pransores lavarent, Veran. ap. Macrob. S. 3, 6, 14.—Mid.: cum soceris generi non lavantur, do not bathe themselves or bathe, id. Off. 1, 35, 129: lavantur in fluminibus,Caes. B. G. 4, 1: cur te lautum voluit occidere?Cic. Deiot. 7, 20: lautis manibus,Hor. S. 2, 3, 282: lotis pedibus,Plin. 24, 11, 62, § 103: vestimenta lota,Petr. 30 fin.: qui it lavatum in balineas,Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 51; so, eo lavatum,id. Aul. 3, 6, 43; id. Stich. 4, 1, 62; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 44; 52; id. Heaut. 4, 1, 42: (venias) vasa lautum, non ad cenam dico,Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 15.
* Neutr.: pisces ego credo, qui usque dum vivunt, lavant, Minus diu lavere, quam haec lavat Phronesium,Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 1 sqq.: illa si jam laverit, mihi nuncia,Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 5: lavanti regi dicitur nuntiatum, hostes adesse,Liv. 44, 6.
* Trop., to wash away: venias nunc precibus lautum peccatum tuum,Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 80: dulci Mala vino lavere,Hor. C. 3, 12, 2.—Hence, lautus, a, um, P. a.
* Lit., washed, bathed, laved (very rare): nam itast ingenium muliebre; bene quom lauta tersa ornata fictast, infectast tamen,Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4: in double meaning with C., v.infra: lautam vis an nondum lauta quae sit? Pa. Siccam, at sucidam, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192 Lorenz ad loc.
* Hence, transf., neat, elegant, splendid, sumptuous, luxurious: tute tibi puer es; lautus luces cereum,i. e. in a fine dress,Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 9: nihil apud hunc lautum, nihil elegans, nihil exquisitum,Cic. Pis. 27, 67: lauta supellex,id. de Or. 1, 36, 165: lautum victum et elegantem colere, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 337, 27: magnificum et lautum,id. Fam. 9, 16, 8: lautiora opera,Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 67: lauto cenare paratu,Juv. 14, 13: epulae lautiores,Stat. S. 1, 6, 32: lautissima vina,Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92: lautissima cena,Plin. Ep. 9, 17: praetor,Juv. 14, 257: lautum et copiosum patrimonium,rich, splendid, noble,Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 38: in civitate Halaesina tam lauta, tamque nobili,wealthy,id. Fam. 13, 32, 1: valde jam lautus es, qui gravere litteras ad me dare,you are now very grand,id. ib. 7, 14, 1: homines lauti et urbani,noble, distinguished,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17: libertis minus lautis servisque nihil defuit: nam lautiores eleganter accepti,id. Att. 13, 52, 2: certumque fit ... cocos tum panem lautioribus coquere solitos,for the rich,Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 108: orborum lautissimus. Juv. 3, 221.
* With inf.: rhombos libertis ponere lautus,splendid,Pers. 6, 23.
* Trop., noble, glorious, etc.: beneficentiae et liberalitatis est ratio duplex: nam aut opera benigne fit indigentibus, aut pecunia: facilior est haec posterior, locupleti praesertim: sed illa lautior ac splendidior, nobler, more glorious, Cic. Off. 2, 15, 52: lautum negotium,honorable,id. Att. 6, 1, 13: omnium hortensiorum lautissima cura asparagis,the most diligent, the nicest,Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 145: lautus habetur,a gentleman,Juv. 11, 1; 1, 67.—Hence, adv.: lautē, neatly, elegantly, splendidly, sumptuously.
* Lit.: laute exornatus,Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 10: facete, lepide, laute,Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 37: vivere,Nep. Chabr. 3: res domesticas lautius tueri,Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 2: lautius accipi,Suet. Calig. 55.
* Trop., excellently, beautifully, finely: loquitur laute,Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 25: militem laute ludificari,id. ib. 4, 4, 25: munus administrasti tuum,Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 2.—Comp.: si quis existat, qui putet nos lautius fecisse, quam orationis severitas exigat,that I have made more use of ornament,Plin. Ep. 2, 5.—Sup.: hodie me ante omnes comicos stultos senes Versaris atque emunxeris lautissime, Poët. ap. Cic. Lael. 26, 99.

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