diluvium

English

Etymology

From Latin dīluvium (“flood”), from lavō (“I wash”).

Noun

diluvium (plural diluviums or diluvia)

  1. An inundation or flood; a deluge.
  2. (geology) A deposit of sand, gravel, etc. made by oceanic flooding.

References
  • Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 126

Latin

Etymology

From dīluō (“I wash away”), from dis- +‎ lavō (“I wash”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /diːˈlu.wi.um/, [diːˈɫʊ.wi.ũ]

Noun

dīluvium n (genitive dīluviī); second declension

  1. a flood

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dīluvium dīluvia
Genitive dīluviī dīluviōrum
Dative dīluviō dīluviīs
Accusative dīluvium dīluvia
Ablative dīluviō dīluviīs
Vocative dīluvium dīluvia

Descendants

References
  • diluvium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • diluvium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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