alluvio
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From alluō (“wash against, bathe”) + -iō, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + luō (“wash”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈlu.u̯i.oː/, [älˈlʲuː̯ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈlu.vi.o/, [älˈluːvio]
Noun edit
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 edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | alluviō | alluviōnēs |
| Genitive | alluviōnis | alluviōnum |
| Dative | alluviōnī | alluviōnibus |
| Accusative | alluviōnem | alluviōnēs |
| Ablative | alluviōne | alluviōnibus |
| Vocative | alluviō | alluviōnēs |
Synonyms edit
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Descendants edit
Descendants of alluvio in other languages
References edit
- “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