abluvium
Latin
Etymology
From abluō (“wash off, cleanse”) + -ium, from ab (“from, away from”) + luō (“wash, cleanse”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈblu.wi.um/, [aˈbɫʊ.wi.ũ]
Noun
abluvium n (genitive abluviī); second declension
- flood, deluge, inundation
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | abluvium | abluvia |
| Genitive | abluviī abluvī1 | abluviōrum |
| Dative | abluviō | abluviīs |
| Accusative | abluvium | abluvia |
| Ablative | abluviō | abluviīs |
| Vocative | abluvium | abluvia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
- abluō
- ablūtiō
- ablūtor
- ablūtus
References
- abluvium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- abluvium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette