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

  1. 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).

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
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