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Νὺξ μὲν ἀναπαύει, ἡμέρα δ' ἔργον ποιεῖ → Nam nox quietem praebet, facit opus dies → Die Nacht lässt unsre Arbeit ruhn, der Tag sie tun

Menander, Monostichoi, 385

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sub-lŭo: no
I perf., lūtum, ĕre, v. a., to wash or bathe underneath (very rare; not in Cic.).
I Lit.: aliquid aquā calidā, Cels. 4, 15; Col. 6, 32, 1: inguina, Mart. 6, 81, 2: subluto podice, id. 2, 42, 1.—
II Transf., of rivers, to flow along the base of, to wash the foot of: hunc montem flumen subluebat, Caes. B. C. 3, 97: radices collis (flumina), id. B. G. 7, 69.—Pass.: Asia, quā Hellesponto, quā rubro mari subluitur, Curt. 9, 6, 20.