dilutus
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dīlūtus: a, um,
I P. a., diluted, thin, weak, soft (perh. only post-Aug.).
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.—
2 Transf., of a wine-drinker, drunk (opp. abstemius), Aus. Ep. a. Id. 11.—
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.
