elavo
Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das Wort – Maeroris unica medicina oratio.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ē-lăvo: lāvi, lautum, lōtum, 1, v. a.,
I to wash out or away, to wash clean (very rare; not in the Cic. per.).
I Lit.: elota cerussa, Cels. 6, 6, no. 3: elota oliva, Col. 12, 52, 21.—
II Transf.: elautae ambae sumus opera Neptunia, washed in the sea, wrecked, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 37; so, in mari elavare, to wash or bathe in the sea, i. e. to be shipwrecked, ruined, id. ib. 2, 7, 21; 5, 2, 20.— Hence, trop.: nos mare acerrumum: nam in mari repperi, hic elavi bonis, have lost, been stripped of property, id. As. 1, 2, 9 (but Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 7, the true reading is elutum, Ritschl, Brix).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēlăvō,¹⁵ lāvī, lautum et lōtum, āre,
1 tr., laver, baigner : [employé surtout au part.] elautus Pl. Rud. 699 ; elotus Col. Rust. 12, 52, 21
2 intr., elavi in mari Pl. Rud. 579, j’ai pris un bain dans la mer [en faisant naufrage] ; [fig.] elavi bonis Pl. As. 135, [littt] je suis lavé de ma fortune, je suis nettoyé.
