fluvius
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From the root of fluō (“flow”), ultimately from *bʰleh₁- (“to swell, blow”), whence also flūmen.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈflu.u̯i.us/, [ˈfɫ̪uː̯iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈflu.vi.us/, [ˈfluːvius]
- Note: the first two syllables are once found treated as one heavy, IPA(key): /flui̯.i̯-/, /fluː.i̯-/.[1]
Noun edit
fluvius m (genitive fluviī or fluvī); second declension
- a stream, smaller river
- Synonym: flūmen
- the stream of a river, a current, torrent
- (transferred sense) (said of blood, sweat etc.)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fluvius | fluviī |
| Genitive | fluviī fluvī1 |
fluviōrum fluvium |
| Dative | fluviō | fluviīs |
| Accusative | fluvium | fluviōs |
| Ablative | fluviō | fluviīs |
| Vocative | fluvie | fluviī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- fluviātilis (“river”, attributive)
- fluō (“to flow, stream, pour”)
- flūmen (“a major river”)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “fluuius” on page 787 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Further reading edit
- “fluvius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fluvius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fluvius 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)
- fluvius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.