proluvio

Latin

Etymology

From prōluō (“wash out, wash away, flood”) +‎ -iō, from prō- + luō (“wash”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈlu.u̯i.oː/, [proːˈɫ̪uː̯ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈlu.vi.o/, [proˈluːvio]

Noun

prōluviō f (genitive prōluviōnis); third declension

1. inundation, flood

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōluviō	prōluviōnēs
Genitive	prōluviōnis	prōluviōnum
Dative	prōluviōnī	prōluviōnibus
Accusative	prōluviōnem	prōluviōnēs
Ablative	prōluviōne	prōluviōnibus
Vocative	prōluviō	prōluviōnēs

Synonyms

• (inundation): cataclysmos, dīluviēs, ēluviēs, ēluviō, inundātiō, prōluviēs

Related terms

• prōluō
• prōluviēs

References

• “proluvio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• proluvio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “proluvio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin