colluo

col-lŭo ( conl- ), lŭi, lūtum, 3, v. a., to wash thoroughly, wash out, rinse (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.); constr. aliquid, or aliquid aliquā re; rarely aliquid de aliquā re:

metretam amurcā,

Cato, R. R. 100; Pers. 1, 18:

os de oleo,

Plin. 23, 4, 38, § 77:

decocto,

id. 23, 6, 56, § 105:

dentes aquā,

id. 20, 6, 23, § 53:

gemma melle colluta,

id. 37, 10, 56, § 155.— Poet.: ora, to moisten, wet, i. e. to quench thirst, * Ov. M. 5, 447 (cf.:

abluere sitim,

Lucr. 4, 877 ).—

* II.

Absol., to wash up (earth) by the waves, Dig. 41, 1, 30, § 2.