luō luī, -, ere 1 LV-, to loose, free, pay off: aes alienum, Cu.

—Fig., of punishment, to suffer, undergo: poenas parricidi: Supplicium, V.: Exsilium dirā poenam pro caede luebat, was undergoing banishment as a punishment, O.

—To atone for, expiate: morte, V.: noxam pecuniā, L.: sanguine periuria, V.: Delicta maiorum, H.: pericula publica, i. e. avert by expiation, L.