LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no supine stem

alluō

alluō (present infinitive alluere, perfect active alluī)
Classical[ˈal.lu.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈal.lu.o]

Meaning

  1. to lap (flow near or past)
  2. to bathe (of the sea or waves)

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.alluōalluēbamalluamalluīallueramalluerō
2nd sg.alluisalluēbāsalluēsalluistīalluerāsallueris
3rd sg.alluitalluēbatalluetalluitallueratalluerit
1st pl.alluimusalluēbāmusalluēmusalluimusalluerāmusalluerimus
2nd pl.alluitisalluēbātisalluētisalluistisalluerātisallueritis
3rd pl.alluuntalluēbantalluentalluērunt
alluēre
alluerantalluerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.alluamallueremalluerimalluissem
2nd sg.alluāsalluerēsalluerīsalluissēs
3rd sg.alluatallueretallueritalluisset
1st pl.alluāmusalluerēmusalluerīmusalluissēmus
2nd pl.alluātisalluerētisalluerītisalluissētis
3rd pl.alluantalluerentalluerintalluissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.alluoralluēbaralluar
2nd sg.allueris
alluere
alluēbāris
alluēbāre
alluēris
alluēre
3rd sg.alluituralluēbāturalluētur
1st pl.alluimuralluēbāmuralluēmur
2nd pl.alluiminīalluēbāminīalluēminī
3rd pl.alluunturalluēbanturalluentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.alluaralluerer
2nd sg.alluāris
alluāre
alluerēris
alluerēre
3rd sg.alluāturalluerētur
1st pl.alluāmuralluerēmur
2nd pl.alluāminīalluerēminī
3rd pl.alluanturalluerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.alluealluere
pres. 2nd pl.alluitealluiminī
fut. 2nd sg.alluitōalluitor
fut. 3rd sg.alluitōalluitor
fut. 2nd pl.alluitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.alluuntōalluuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivealluerealluī
perfect infinitivealluisse—
present participlealluēns—
future participle—alluendus
gerundalluendī, alluendō, alluendum

al-lŭo (adl-), ŭi, 3, v. n.,
I. to flow near to, to wash against, to bathe, of the sea, the waves, etc. (perh. not used before the Cic. per.).
I. Lit.: non adluuntur a mari moenia, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96: ita jactantur fluctibus, ut numquam adluantur, id. Sex. Rosc. 72: fluvius latera haec adluit, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: flumen quo adluitur oppidum, Plin. 6, 4; Verg. A. 8, 149: amnis ora vicina adluens, Sen. Hippol. 1232: adluit gentes Maeotis, id. Oedip. 475.—
II. Fig.: (Massilia) cincta Gallorum gentibus barbariae fluctibus adluitur, Cic. Fl. 26, 63.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinalluō

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-der. Proto-Italic *lowō Latin lavō Latin alluō From ad- + lavō.

Quick answers

What does alluō mean in Latin?
alluō, a verb, means “to lap (flow near or past); to bathe (of the sea or waves)”.
What are the principal parts of alluō?
alluō, alluere, alluī (third conjugation, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce alluō?
In classical Latin, [ˈal.lu.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈal.lu.o].
Where does alluō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin alluō.