ē-lŭo — Lewis & Short
ē-lŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a.,
I to wash out, rinse out; to wash off, wash clean (class.).
I Lit.:
vascula,Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 3:
patinas,id. Capt. 4, 2, 66:
argentum (the silver vessels, the plate),id. Ps. 1, 2, 29:
bacas immundas,Col. 12, 52, 21; 6, 3, 4:
os,Cels. 3, 4:
maculas vestium,Plin. 20, 8, 28, § 72; cf. Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 71; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46; id. Sest. 29, 63:
purpureum colorem omnibus undis,Lucr. 6, 1077; so,
colorem,Quint. 1, 1, 5; cf.
atramentum,Plin. 35, 6, 25, § 43:
aliquid ex aqua,Cels. 7, 21 fin.:
corpus,Ov. M. 11, 141:
se asinino lacte,Cels. 4, 24 et saep.—
B Transf.
1 To purify: vasa eluto auro, of pure gold (al. elato), Capitol. Pertin. 8.—
2 To clear, to lay bare:
Ponticum Phasim et stagna Maeotidis (sc. avibus),Col. 8, 8, 10.—
b In Plautus (like elavo, II.), to strip one's self of, to get rid of, squander one's property, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 21 sq.; id. Stich. 5, 2, 21;
of money lavished on expensive baths: elutum in balineis,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 5.—
II Trop., to dispose of, remove, clear, or wash away, etc.:
ut centurionum profusus sanguis eluatur: num elui praedicatio crudelitatis potest?Cic. Phil. 12, 6; cf.:
infectum scelus sub gurgite vasto,Verg. A. 6, 742:
crimen,Ov. M. 11, 141:
vitia,Quint. 2, 3, 2 et saep.:
tales amicitiae sunt remissione usus eluendae,i. e. to get rid of, Cic. Lael. 21; cf.:
amara curarum (cadus),Hor. C. 4, 12, 20.—
B To cleanse, purify, make pure or clear:
mentes maculatas crimine,Sil. 11, 200; cf. Sen. Ep. 59:
mentem,Lact. 5, 19, 34.—Hence, ēlūtus, a, um, P. a., washed out, i. e. watery, insipid; in the comp.:
irriguo nihil est elutius horto (= magis fatuum),Hor. S. 2, 4, 16:
(spodi) elutior vis est,Plin. 34, 13, 33, § 129.