colluvies

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin colluvies, from colluo (“to wash thoroughly, wash out, rinse”).

Noun[edit]

colluvies (plural colluvies)

  1. effluvium
  2. medley, hotchpotch

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From colluō (“I wash out, rinse”) +‎ -iēs.

Noun[edit]

colluviēs f (genitive colluviēī); fifth declension

  1. filth
  2. dregs, an impure mixture or medley

Declension[edit]

Fifth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative colluviēs colluviēs
Genitive colluviēī colluviērum
Dative colluviēī colluviēbus
Accusative colluviem colluviēs
Ablative colluviē colluviēbus
Vocative colluviēs colluviēs

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “colluvies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “colluvies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • colluvies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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