abluvio

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈlu.u̯i.oː/, [äbˈɫ̪uː̯ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈlu.vi.o/, [äbˈluːvio]

Etymology 1

Noun

abluviō f (genitive abluviōnis); third declension

1. 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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	abluviō	abluviōnēs
genitive	abluviōnis	abluviōnum
dative	abluviōnī	abluviōnibus
accusative	abluviōnem	abluviōnēs
ablative	abluviōne	abluviōnibus
vocative	abluviō	abluviōnēs

Descendants

• English: abluvion

References

• 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

Noun

abluviō

1. dative/ablative singular of abluvium