flumen
See also: flúmen
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin flumen (“river”). Doublet of flume.
Noun
flumen (plural flumina)
- (astronomy, geology) In planetary geology, any of the river-like features on Saturn's moon Titan.
Latin
Etymology
From fluō (“I flow”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfluː.men/, [ˈfɫ̪uːmɛn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈflu.men/, [ˈfluːmen]
Noun
flūmen n (genitive flūminis); third declension
- river
- Synonym: fluvius
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | flūmen | flūmina |
| Genitive | flūminis | flūminum |
| Dative | flūminī | flūminibus |
| Accusative | flūmen | flūmina |
| Ablative | flūmine | flūminibus |
| Vocative | flūmen | flūmina |
Derived terms
- flūmineus
Related terms
- fluō
- fluvius
Descendants
- Aromanian: flumin
- Dalmatian: floim
- English: flume
- Istriot: fioûme
- Italian: fiume
- Friulian: flum
- Neapolitan: ciume, sciume, ciumme
- Occitan: flume
- Old French: flum, flun
- Middle French: flum
- → English: flume
- Old Portuguese: frume
- Portuguese: flume
- Romansch: flum, (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) flem, (Puter, Vallader) flüm
- Sardinian: fiumene, flumene
- Sicilian: ciumi, çumi, hiumi, xhiumi, xhumi, xiumi, xumi, hjumi, xhjumi, xjumi
- Old Spanish: flum
- Venetian: fium, fiume
- → Portuguese: flúmen (learned)
References
- “flumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “flumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- flumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to draw off water from a river: aquam ex flumine derivare
- the rivers flows with a rapid current: flumen citatum fertur
- a river swollen by the rain: flumen imbribus auctum
- the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen super ripas effunditur
- the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen extra ripas diffluit
- the river floods the fields: flumen agros inundat
- to wade across, to ford a river: flumen vado transire
- with the stream; downstream: flumine secundo
- against the stream; upstream: flumine adverso
- flow of oratory: flumen orationis (De Or. 2. 15. 62)
- senseless rant: inanium verborum flumen
- to build a bridge over a river: pontem facere in flumine
- to build a bridge over a river: flumen ponte iungere
- there is a bridge over the river: pons est in flumine
- to draw off water from a river: aquam ex flumine derivare
Anagrams
- fulmen