verb
implŭo
Meaning
- to rain into
implŭo (inpl-), ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. n. and a.
I. [in-pluo].
I. Neutr., to rain into or upon, to rain (very rare):
deorsum, quo impluebat, impluvium dictum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 161 Müll.: fanum Veneris, in cujus quandam aream non impluit, Plin. 2, 96, 97, § 210: lacus immane turgescit, ita ut arborum comis, quae margini insistunt, superjectae asperginis fragor impluat, Sid. Ep. 2, 2 med.: priusquam impluerit, ab avibus aut formicis sata non infestari, Col. 2, 8, 5: si arcus circa occasum refulsit, rorabit et leviter impluet, will rain, Sen. Q. N. 1, 6: Penēus ... summis aspergine silvis Impluit, Ov. M. 1, 573.—II. Act., to rain upon:
impluviatus color, quasi fumato stillicidio implutus, Non. 548, 18.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
impluō (in-p-) —, —, ere,
to rain upon: summis adspergine silvis, O.