Latin edit

Etymology edit

From colluō (wash thoroughly) +‎ -iō, from con- +‎ lavō (wash).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

colluviō f (genitive colluviōnis); third declension

  1. jumble (heterogeneous mass)
  2. filth

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative colluviō colluviōnēs
Genitive colluviōnis colluviōnum
Dative colluviōnī colluviōnibus
Accusative colluviōnem colluviōnēs
Ablative colluviōne colluviōnibus
Vocative colluviō colluviōnēs

Related terms edit

References edit

  • colluvio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • colluvio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.