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dī-lūcĕo, ēre, v. n., lit., to be light enough to distinguish objects apart; hence, trop., to be clear, evident (rare): dilucere brevi fraus coepit, Liv. 8, 27 fin.; cf. id. 3, 16; 25, 29 fin.: emolumentum ejus in animo tuo dilucebit, Gell. 16, 8, 16.
With a subject-clause: satis dilucet, hanc capionem posse dici, Gell. 7, 10, 3.

dīlūcesco, luxi, 3, v. inch. n. [diluceo], to grow light, to begin to shine, to dawn; in the perf., to shine (rare but class.).

  1. I. Impers.: cum jam dilucesceret, Cic. Cat. 3, 3: jam dilucescebat, cum signum consul dedit, Liv. 36, 24; and so transf.: discussa est illa caligodiluxit, patet, videmus omnia, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5.
  2. II. Pers.: omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum, etc., * Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 13; cf. Gell. 3, 2.
    Trop.: donec diluxit rerum genetalis origo, Lucr. 5, 176: ista dilucescant allucente misericordiā tuā, August. Civ. D. 11, 22.

dīlūcĭdātĭo, ōnis, f. [dilucido], an illustrating, explaining; clearness, distinctness (late Lat.), Cassiod. Complex. 1 Cor. 6.

dīlūcĭdē, adv., clearly, brightly; plainly, evidently, distinctly; v. dilucidus fin.

dīlūcĭdus, a, um, adj. [diluceo], clear, bright (syn.: clarus, illustris, perspicuus, conspicuus).

  1. I. Lit. (rare): zmaragdi, Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 70.
  2. II. Trop., of speech, clear, plain, distinct, evident (in Cic. and Quint.): oratio, Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3: verbis uti, id. Inv. 1, 20 fin.; cf. verba, Quint. 8 prooem. § 26: sermo, id. 5, 14, 33; 11, 1, 53: enuntiatio, id. 7, 3, 2 al.
    Comp.: omnia dilucidiora non ampliora facientes, Cic. Or. 5 fin.
    Sup.
    does not occur.
    Adv.: dīlūcĭdē.
        1. a. (Acc. to no. I.) Clearly, brightly: dilucidius flagrant, Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 48.
        2. b. (Acc. to no. II.) Plainly, evidently, distinctly: expedire, Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 52; cf. explicare, Cic. Div. 1, 51, 117: dilucide planeque dicere, id. Or. 23 fin.: rei dilucide magnificandi causa, Auct. Her. 3, 4, 8; cf. dicere, Quint. 8, 6, 52: lex vetat, Cic. Vat. 15 fin.: docere, Liv. 39, 47 al.
          Comp., Cels. 2, 4.
          Sup., Aug. ad Hier. Ep. 29, 2.

dīlūcŭlat, ābat, 1, v. impers. [diluculum], it grows light, it dawns; perh. only Gell. 2, 29, 7; 7, 1, 6.

dīlūcŭlum, i, n. [diluceo], daybreak, dawn (cf. crepusculum), Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 105; Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 19; id. Att. 16, 13, a; cf. Macr. S. 1, 3 fin.; Censor. 24; Vulg. Luc. 24, 1 et saep.
In plur., Fronto, Ep. ad Anton. 1, 5.

* dī-lūdĭum, ii, n. [ludus], a restingtime, intermission between plays, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 47.

dī-lŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to wash to pieces, wash away; to dissolve, dilute, cause to melt away; to wash, drench (freq. and class.).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Ingen.: ne aqua lateres diluere posset, * Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 6: sata laeta boumque labores, Verg. G. 1, 326; cf.: sanguine diluitur tellus, is soaked, Furius Antias ap. Gell. 18, 11, 4: unguenta lacrimis, Ov. P. 1, 9, 53: alvum helleboro, Gell. 17, 15, 4: vulnus cruris aceto, Petr. 136, 7; cf.: ulcus ovi albore, Scrib. Comp. 24: colorem, i. e. to wash out, weaken, Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91; Ov. P. 4, 10, 62: amnes diluuntur, Plin. 31, 4, 29, § 52.
    2. B. In partic., to dissolve any thing in a liquid, i. e. to temper, dilute, mix: absinthia, Lucr. 4, 224; 6, 930; cf. venenum, Liv. 40, 4 fin.: helleborum, Pers. 5, 100: vinum, i. e. to dilute with water, Mart. 1, 107; v. under P. a.: favos lacte et miti Baccho (i. e. vino), Verg. G. 1, 344; cf.: Hymettia mella Falerno, Hor. S. 2, 2, 16: insignem bacam aceto, id. ib. 2, 3, 241: medicamentum aceto, Cels. 5, 20; Scrib. Comp. 158; 261 al.: circaeam in vino, Plin. 27, 8, 38, § 60: rutam cum mero, Col. 6, 4, 2: medicamentum ex aqua, Scrib. Comp. 247 et saep.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To weaken, lessen, impair; to do away with, remove: adversariorum confirmatio diluitur aut infirmatur aut elevatur, Cic. Inv. 1, 42: res leves infirmare ac diluere (opp. confirmare), id. Rosc. Am. 15; Quint. 9, 2, 80: molestias omnes (c. c. extenuare), Cic. Tusc. 3, 16; cf.: curam multo mero, Ov. A. A. 238: seriorem horam mero, id. H. 19, 14: vitium ex animo (Bacchus), Prop. 3, 17, 6 (4, 16, 6 M.): crimen, Cic. Mil. 27; id. Brut. 80, 278; Liv. 4, 14; Quint. 7, 10, 12 (opp. obicere); 9, 2, 53 (c. c. negare) et saep.; cf. also Cic. Cael. 15; Liv. 45, 10; Quint. 4, 2, 26; Ov. R. Am. 695 et saep.: invidiam aliqua cavillatione, Suet. Vesp. 23: injurias aere pauco, to atone for, Gell. 20, 1, 31: omnes affectuum vires, Quint, 11, 1, 52: ejus auctoritatem, Sen. Ep. 29: memoriam tam praeclarae rei, Val. Max. 9, 2, 1.
    2. * B. Analog. with its synon. dissolvere, to solve a difficulty, i. e. to explain: mi, quod rogavi, dilue, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 64.
      Hence,

dīlūtus, a, um, P. a., diluted, thin, weak, soft (perh. only post-Aug.).

  1. A. Lit.: potio (opp. meraca), Cels. 1, 3; cf.: vinum dilutius pueris, sonibus meracius, id.; and: potio quam dilutissima, id.: solum dilutius, Plaut. 17, 20, 33, § 144; hence also subst., dīlūtum, i, n., a liquid in which something has been dissolved, a solution, Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 46: rubor, id. 22, 22, 46, § 92: amethystus dilutior, paler, id. 37, 9, 40, § 122; colos, id. 37, 5, 18, § 67: urina, Cels. 2, 6: odor, slight, faint (opp. acutus), Plin. 15, 28, 33, § 110 et saep.
    1. 2. Transf., of a wine-drinker, drunk (opp. abstemius), Aus. Ep. a. Id. 11.
  2. B. Trop. (borrowed from colors), clear, manifest: dilutior erat defectus, Amm. 20, 3.
    * Adv.: dīlūtē, slightly, weakly: Gallos post haec dilutius esse poturos, Cic. Font. Fragm. ap. Amm. 15, 12, 2; acc. to others an adj., sc. vinum.

* dīlŭvĭālis, e, adj. [diluvium], of a deluge or flood: irruptio, i. e. diluvium, Sol. 9, 8.

dīlŭvĭes, ēi, f., also dīlŭvĭum, ii, n., and dīlŭvĭo, ōnis, f. [diluo], lit., a washing away of the earth; hence,

  1. I. Transf., an inundation, flood, deluge (in all three forms only poet. and in post-Aug. prose; yet in Seneca, Quaestt. Natt., diluvium stands for the general deluge; v. infra, β).
          1. (α) Diluvies, Lucr. 5, 255; 6, 292; Hor. C. 3, 29, 40; 4, 14, 28; Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8.
          2. (β) Diluvium, Verg. A. 12, 205; Ov. M. 1, 434; Sen. Q. N. 3, 27; 29; Plin. Ep. 8, 17; Flor. 4, 2, 3; cf. Vulg. Matt. 24, 38 al.
          3. (γ) Diluvio, Censor. 18 med.; Tert. Anim. 46.
  2. II. Trop.: diluvio ex illo tot vasta per aequora vecti, desolation, destruction, Verg. A. 7, 228 (ex illa vastitate, Serv.), a deluge of invasion, Val. Fl. 6, 394.

1. dīlŭvĭo, āre, v. a. [diluvies], to inundate. to deluge, Lucr. 5, 387.

2. dīlŭvĭo, ōnis, f., v. diluvies.

dīlŭvĭum, ii, n., v. diluvies, β.