defluvium
Latin
Etymology
From dēfluō (“to flow down, run down”) + -ium (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈfɫʊ.wi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪eˈfluː.vi.um]
Noun
dēfluvium n (genitive dēfluviī or dēfluvī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēfluvium | dēfluvia |
| genitive | dēfluviī dēfluvī1 |
dēfluviōrum |
| dative | dēfluviō | dēfluviīs |
| accusative | dēfluvium | dēfluvia |
| ablative | dēfluviō | dēfluviīs |
| vocative | dēfluvium | dēfluvia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “defluvium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- defluvium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.