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plŭo , plui (or plūvi in Plaut. and Liv.; cf. Prisc. p. 881 P.; Varr. L. L. 9, § 104 Müll.), 3, v. n., usu.
I.impers. (ante-class. and late Lat. also pers.; v. infra) [root plu-, to swim; Gr. πλύνω, to wash; cf.: πλέω, πλεύσω, to sail; cf. ploro], to rain; constr. absol., or with abl. or acc.
I. Lit.: “pluet credo hercle hodie,Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 42: “ut multum pluverat,id. Men. prol. 63: has Graeci stellas Hyadas vocitare suerunt, a pluendo: ὕειν enim est pluere, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111: “aqua, quae pluendo crevisset,by the rain, id. Top. 9, 38: “quoties pluit,Juv. 7, 179: “urceatim plovebat (vulg. for pluebat),Petr. 44, 18.—With acc.: “sanguinem pluisse senatui nuntiatum est,Cic. Div. 2, 27, 58 (Klotz, sanguinem): “lapides,Liv. 28, 27, 16: “terram,id. 10, 33, 8; Vulg. Exod. 9, 23; 16, 4; id. Psa. 10, 7.—With abl.: “lacte pluisse,rained milk, Liv. 27, 11: “lapidibus,id. 35, 9; 21, 62, 5: “lacte, sanguine, carne,Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—Pass.: “quā pluitur et ningitur,App. Flor. p. 340, 39.—Personally: “saxis ferunt pluisse caelum,Mart. Cap. 6, § 642: “effigies quae pluit,which rained, came down in rain, Plin. 2, 55, 57, § 147. —
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 33.8
    • Plautus, Curculio, 1.2
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.81
    • Old Testament, Exodus, 9.23
    • Old Testament, Psalm, 10.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 62
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 27.16
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 11
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.43
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.27
    • Statius, Thebias, 8
    • Statius, Silvae, 1.6
    • Cicero, Topica, 9.38
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