abluvium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From abluō (“wash off, cleanse”) + -ium, from ab (“from, away from”) + luō (“wash, cleanse”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /abˈlu.u̯i.um/, [äbˈɫ̪uː̯iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /abˈlu.vi.um/, [äbˈluːvium]
Noun edit
abluvium n (genitive abluviī or abluvī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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 edit
References edit
- “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.