diluuio

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• diluuyo

Etymology

From Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“I wash away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈluβjo/

Noun

diluuio m (plural diluuios)

1. deluge
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 37r:

     Qvando entro noe en el archa auẏe .dc. annos e fue el diluuio de las aguas abrieron ſe todas las fõtanas del abiſmo ⁊ fueron abiertas las fẏnieſtras de los cielos e plouio ſobre la tr̃a .xL. dias ⁊ .xL. noches.

     When Noah entered the ark he was six hundred years old. And the deluge of the waters took place. All the fountains of the deep were opened and the windows of the heavens were opened. And it rained upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Descendants

• Spanish: diluvio