profluvium
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
profluvium (plural profluvia)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From prōfluō (“to flow forth, discharge”) + -ium (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /doːˈflu.u̯i.um/, [d̪oːˈfɫ̪uː̯iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /doˈflu.vi.um/, [d̪oˈfluːvium]
Noun edit
prōfluvium n (genitive prōfluviī or prōfluvī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prōfluvium | prōfluvia |
| Genitive | prōfluviī prōfluvī1 |
prōfluviōrum |
| Dative | prōfluviō | prōfluviīs |
| Accusative | prōfluvium | prōfluvia |
| Ablative | prōfluviō | prōfluviīs |
| Vocative | prōfluvium | prōfluvia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- → English: profluvium
- Italian: profluvio
References edit
- “profluvium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- profluvium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.