abluvio
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /abˈlu.u̯i.oː/, [äbˈɫ̪uː̯ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /abˈlu.vi.o/, [äbˈluːvio]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
abluviō f (genitive abluviōnis); third declension
- erosion
- circa 2nd century, Siculus Flaccus, De condicionibus agrorum 25:
- si alicuius terras minutatim ex alia parte abstrahat et alii contrario relinquat, quod vocant abluvionem et alluvionem
- if (the river) gradually pulls away soil from some part and leaves soil on the opposite side of another part, people call these erosion and accretion
- si alicuius terras minutatim ex alia parte abstrahat et alii contrario relinquat, quod vocant abluvionem et alluvionem
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | abluviō | abluviōnēs |
| Genitive | abluviōnis | abluviōnum |
| Dative | abluviōnī | abluviōnibus |
| Accusative | abluviōnem | abluviōnēs |
| Ablative | abluviōne | abluviōnibus |
| Vocative | abluviō | abluviōnēs |
Descendants[edit]
- English: abluvion
References[edit]
- abluvio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
abluviō