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(verb) : lŭo, lui (no
* Sup., but fut. part. act. luiturus, Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 16; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 140; Prud. Psych. 535; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 585), 3, root lu, to loose, let go; Gr. λύω; cf. λυτήρ, λύτρον; Lat. solvo, reluo; Germ. los; Engl. loose; prob. not connected with luo, 1., to loose, let go, set free.—Hence
* To release from debt: fundum a testatore obligatum,Dig. 36, 1, 78, § 6.
* To avert by expiation or punishment: pericula publica,Liv. 10, 28, 13: responsa,to render void, of no effect,Val. Fl. 2, 569.
* Luere poenas or poenam, to suffer as a punishment, undergo: itaque mei peccati luo poenas,Cic. Att. 3, 9, 1: ad luendas rei publicae poenas,id. Sull. 27, 76: qui Tuscā pulsus ab urbe Exsilium dirā poenam pro caede luebat,was undergoing banishment as a punishment,Ov. M. 3, 624: augurium malis,to suffer the misfortune which the augury predicted,Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46: supplicia crucibus,Just. 2, 5, 6.
* To atone for, expiate (class.): stuprum voluntariā morte luere,Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64: noxam pecuniā,Liv. 38, 37: qui (obsides) capite luerent, si pacto non staretur,id. 9, 5: sanguine perjuria,Verg. G. 1, 502: commissa,id. ib. 4, 454.
* To satisfy, appease: libidinem alicujus sanguine innocentium,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 77.
* Sup., but fut. part. act. luiturus, Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 16; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 140; Prud. Psych. 535; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 585), 3, root lu, to loose, let go; Gr. λύω; cf. λυτήρ, λύτρον; Lat. solvo, reluo; Germ. los; Engl. loose; prob. not connected with luo, 1., to loose, let go, set free.—Hence
* To release from debt: fundum a testatore obligatum,Dig. 36, 1, 78, § 6.
* To avert by expiation or punishment: pericula publica,Liv. 10, 28, 13: responsa,to render void, of no effect,Val. Fl. 2, 569.
* Luere poenas or poenam, to suffer as a punishment, undergo: itaque mei peccati luo poenas,Cic. Att. 3, 9, 1: ad luendas rei publicae poenas,id. Sull. 27, 76: qui Tuscā pulsus ab urbe Exsilium dirā poenam pro caede luebat,was undergoing banishment as a punishment,Ov. M. 3, 624: augurium malis,to suffer the misfortune which the augury predicted,Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46: supplicia crucibus,Just. 2, 5, 6.
* To atone for, expiate (class.): stuprum voluntariā morte luere,Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64: noxam pecuniā,Liv. 38, 37: qui (obsides) capite luerent, si pacto non staretur,id. 9, 5: sanguine perjuria,Verg. G. 1, 502: commissa,id. ib. 4, 454.
* To satisfy, appease: libidinem alicujus sanguine innocentium,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 77.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(verb) : lŭo, lui, 3, root lu-, to wash; Gr. λούω, λουτρόν; cf. λῦμα, λύθρον, polluo, diluo, and lavo
* To wash, lave.—Lit.: Graecia luitur Ionio,Sil. 11, 22: amnis moenia luit, Prud. στεφ. 3, 190.
* Trop., to cleanse, purge: insontes errore luit,Val. Fl. 3, 407.
* To wash, lave.—Lit.: Graecia luitur Ionio,Sil. 11, 22: amnis moenia luit, Prud. στεφ. 3, 190.
* Trop., to cleanse, purge: insontes errore luit,Val. Fl. 3, 407.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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