colluvio

Latin

Etymology

From colluō (wash thoroughly) +‎ -iō, from con- +‎ lavō (wash).

Pronunciation

Noun

colluviō f (genitive colluviōnis); third declension

  1. jumble (heterogeneous mass)
  2. filth

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative colluviō colluviōnēs
genitive colluviōnis colluviōnum
dative colluviōnī colluviōnibus
accusative colluviōnem colluviōnēs
ablative colluviōne colluviōnibus
vocative colluviō colluviōnēs

References

  • colluvio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • colluvio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.