colluvio

Latin

Etymology

From colluō (“wash thoroughly”) +‎ -iō, from con- +‎ lavō (“wash”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kolˈlu.u̯i.oː/, [kɔlˈlʲuː̯ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kolˈlu.vi.o/, [kolˈluːvio]

Noun

colluviō f (genitive colluviōnis); third declension

1. jumble (heterogeneous mass)
2. filth

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	colluviō	colluviōnēs
genitive	colluviōnis	colluviōnum
dative	colluviōnī	colluviōnibus
accusative	colluviōnem	colluviōnēs
ablative	colluviōne	colluviōnibus
vocative	colluviō	colluviōnēs

Related terms

• colluviēs

References

• “colluvio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• colluvio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.