defluvium

Latin

Etymology

From dēfluō (“to flow down, run down”) +‎ -ium (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈflu.u̯i.um/, [d̪eːˈfɫ̪uː̯iʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈflu.vi.um/, [d̪eˈfluːvium]

Noun

dēfluvium n (genitive dēfluviī or dēfluvī); second declension

  1. A flowing or falling off or down

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēfluvium dēfluvia
Genitive dēfluviī
dēfluvī1		 dēfluviōrum
Dative dēfluviō dēfluviīs
Accusative dēfluvium dēfluvia
Ablative dēfluviō dēfluviīs
Vocative dēfluvium dēfluvia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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