colluvies

English

Etymology

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

Noun

colluvies (plural colluvies)

1. effluvium
2. medley, hotchpotch

Anagrams

• collusive

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

colluviēs f (genitive colluviēī); fifth declension

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

Declension

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

• colluviō

References

• “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.