- ABLUERE
- ABLUEREapud Virgilium, Aen. l. 2. v. 719.- - - - donec me flumine vivôAbluero:vocabulum sollenne, de quo infra Viva aqua, ut et alibi passim, inprimis ubi de Lavandi ritu, Lustratione etc.
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ABLUERE
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