cataclysmus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood, inundation”).

Noun

cataclysmus m (genitive cataclysmī); second declension

1. deluge, flood, inundation
2. shower, douche (medical washing)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cataclysmus	cataclysmī
genitive	cataclysmī	cataclysmōrum
dative	cataclysmō	cataclysmīs
accusative	cataclysmum	cataclysmōs
ablative	cataclysmō	cataclysmīs
vocative	cataclysme	cataclysmī

References

• cataclysmus 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)