fluvius

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the root of fluō (flow), ultimately from *bʰleh₁- (to swell, blow), whence also flūmen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fluvius m (genitive fluviī or fluvī); second declension

  1. a stream, smaller river
    Synonym: flūmen
  2. the stream of a river, a current, torrent
    1. (transferred sense) (said of blood, sweat etc.)

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fluvius fluviī
Genitive fluviī
fluvī1
fluviōrum
fluvium
Dative fluviō fluviīs
Accusative fluvium fluviōs
Ablative fluviō fluviīs
Vocative fluvie fluviī

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • French: fleuve
  • Romanian: fluviu

References

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Further reading

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