fluctus
English
Noun
fluctus (plural fluctus or flucti)
- (astronomy, geology) An area covered by outflow from a volcano.
Latin
Etymology
From fluō (“flow”) + -tus (action noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfluːk.tus/, [ˈfɫ̪uːkt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfluk.tus/, [ˈflukt̪us]
Noun
flūctus m (genitive flūctūs); fourth declension
- a wave, billow
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | flūctus | flūctūs |
| Genitive | flūctūs | flūctuum |
| Dative | flūctuī | flūctibus |
| Accusative | flūctum | flūctūs |
| Ablative | flūctū | flūctibus |
| Vocative | flūctus | flūctūs |
Derived terms
- flūcticulus
- flūctifragus
- flūctiger
- flūctisonus
- flūctivagus
- flūctuō
- flūctuōsus
Related terms
- flūxus
References
- “fluctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fluctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fluctus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fluctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- tossed hither and thither by the waves: fluctibus iactari
- to be engulfed: fluctibus (undis) obrui,submergi
- to enter the whirlpool of political strife: se civilibus fluctibus committere
- tossed hither and thither by the waves: fluctibus iactari