dealbo
dealbo, to whiten, whitewash, plaster
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dealbata Verb: perfect passive participle feminine ablative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle feminine vocative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter vocative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter accusative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle feminine nominative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter nominative plural of dealbo
dealbata Adjective: feminine ablative singular, Adjective: feminine nominative singular, Adjective: neuter nominative plural, Adjective: feminine vocative singular, Adjective: neuter vocative plural, Adjective: neuter accusative plural of dealbatus
- to whiten over, to whitewash, to parget, plaster (good prose, but rare): columnas, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55 fin. (twice): parietes, Pall. 1, 24, 1; Suet. Galb. 9; Vitr. 7, 4.—Prov.: duo parietes de eadem fidelia, Curius ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; v. fidelia.—In eccl. Lat., to purify, cleanse: in sanguine Agni, Vulg. Apoc. 7, 14.—Pass., to be white, Vulg. Psa. 50, 8 al.
- —Hence, dĕalbātus, a, um, P. a., whitewashed, plastered: sepulchra, Vulg. Matt. 23, 27; cf. August. Conf. 7, 6.
- de + albus, to whiten, whitewash, plaster: columnas.