alluvio
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From alluō (“wash against, bathe”) + -iō, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + luō (“wash”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [alˈlʊ.wi.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [alˈluː.vi.o]
Noun
alluviō f (genitive alluviōnis); third declension
- The act of washing upon or overflowing, inundation, flood.
- (law) An addition made to land by deposition of silt or soil by water, alluvion.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alluviō | alluviōnēs |
| genitive | alluviōnis | alluviōnum |
| dative | alluviōnī | alluviōnibus |
| accusative | alluviōnem | alluviōnēs |
| ablative | alluviōne | alluviōnibus |
| vocative | alluviō | alluviōnēs |
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References
- “alluvio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "alluvio", 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)
- alluvio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “alluvio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin