dilutus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dīluō (“wash away; dissolve, dilute”).

Participle

dīlūtus (feminine dīlūta, neuter dīlūtum, comparative dīlūtior, superlative dīlūtissimus); first/second-declension participle

1. washed away, drenched, having been washed away.
2. dissolved, diluted, mixed, having been diluted.
   1. (by extension, of a liquid) thin, weak, watery
   2. (by extension, of a person) drunk
3. (figuratively) weakened, lessened, impaired, having been weakened.
   1. (by extension) faint, feeble, weak

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dīlūtus	dīlūta	dīlūtum		dīlūtī	dīlūtae	dīlūta
Genitive	dīlūtī	dīlūtae	dīlūtī		dīlūtōrum	dīlūtārum	dīlūtōrum
Dative	dīlūtō		dīlūtō		dīlūtīs
Accusative	dīlūtum	dīlūtam	dīlūtum		dīlūtōs	dīlūtās	dīlūta
Ablative	dīlūtō	dīlūtā	dīlūtō		dīlūtīs
Vocative	dīlūte	dīlūta	dīlūtum		dīlūtī	dīlūtae	dīlūta

• comparative: dīlūtior, superlative: dīlūtissimus

Antonyms

• (diluted; thin, watery): spissus

References

• “dilutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dilutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dilutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.