English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin colluvies, from colluo (to wash thoroughly, wash out, rinse).

Noun edit

colluvies (plural colluvies)

  1. effluvium
  2. medley, hotchpotch

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From colluō (I wash out, rinse) +‎ -iēs.

Noun edit

colluviēs f (genitive colluviēī); fifth declension

  1. filth
  2. dregs, an impure mixture or medley

Declension edit

Fifth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative colluviēs colluviēs
Genitive colluviēī colluviērum
Dative colluviēī colluviēbus
Accusative colluviem colluviēs
Ablative colluviē colluviēbus
Vocative colluviēs colluviēs

Related terms edit

References edit

  • colluvies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • colluvies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • colluvies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.