1. lăvo — Lewis & Short
lăvo, lāvi, lautum, lăvātum and lōtum (in class. prose,
I 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. lu- in lu/qron; strengthened in lou/w, lou=tron; cf. lo/vetron; Lat. luo (pol-luo, etc.), diluvium, lutus, to wash, bathe, lave.
I 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.—
(b) 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.—
B Transf., to wet, moisten, bedew:
eas (tabellas) lacrimis lavis,Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 8:
si ... neque quicquam captumst piscium, salsi lautique pure domum redimus clanculum,soaked, id. Rud. 2, 1, 12; Lucr. 5, 950:
lacrimis vultum lavere profusis,Ov. M. 9, 680; Luc. 6, 709;
esp. of bloodshed: lavit ater corpora sanguis,Verg. G. 3, 221:
lavit improba teter Ora cruor,id. A. 10, 727:
sanguine largo Colla,id. ib. 12, 722:
arma cerebro,Val. Fl. 4, 153:
his (rivis) nunc illa viridia, nunc haec, interdum simul omnia lavantur,Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 40; cf.
of rivers: flavus quam Tiberis lavat,Hor. C. 2, 3, 18; id. Epod. 16, 28;
of the ocean: quas Oceani refluum mare lavit arenas,Ov. M. 7, 267.—
II 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.
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.—
B 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.—
(b) With inf.:
rhombos libertis ponere lautus,splendid, Pers. 6, 23.—
C 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.
1 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.—
2 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.