diluvio

See also: diluvió and dilúvio

Catalan

Verb

diluvio

1. first-person singular present indicative of diluviar

Ido

Noun

diluvio (plural diluvii)

1. deluge, flood

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīluvium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈlu.vjo/
• Rhymes: -uvjo
• Hyphenation: di‧lù‧vio

Noun

diluvio m (plural diluvi)

1. deluge, downpour
   • 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎^[1], published 1991, section 2:

     E acciò che Dio non gli potesse più nuocere per diluvio d’acqua, come avea fatto alla prima etade, sì ordinò di fare la maravigliosa opera della torre di Babel.

     And, so that God could not bring him harm with a deluge of water anymore, as he did in the first age, so he ordered the wonderful work of the Tower of Babel be made.

2. (uncommon) flood
3. (geology) Synonym of diluvium
4. (hunting) a large net used to capture birds

Derived terms

• diluviale
• diluviano
• diluviare
• diluvio universale
• postdiluviano

Related terms

• antidiluviano
• diluviare
• diluviatore
• diluvium
• postdiluviale

See also

• acquazzone
• alluvione

Further reading

• diluvio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• diluivo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈlu.u̯i.oː/, [d̪iːˈɫ̪uː̯ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈlu.vi.o/, [d̪iˈluːvio]

Etymology 1

From dīluō +‎ -iō.

Noun

dīluviō f (genitive dīluviōnis); third declension

1. flood, deluge, inundation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dīluviō	dīluviōnēs
genitive	dīluviōnis	dīluviōnum
dative	dīluviōnī	dīluviōnibus
accusative	dīluviōnem	dīluviōnēs
ablative	dīluviōne	dīluviōnibus
vocative	dīluviō	dīluviōnēs

Etymology 2

From dīluvium (“flood”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

dīluviō (present infinitive dīluviāre, perfect active dīluviāvī, supine dīluviātum); first conjugation

1. to inundate, deluge
   • Titus Lucretius Carus, De rerum natura 5.387:

     minantur / omnia diluviare ex alto gurgite ponti

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dīluviō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dīluviō		dīluviās		dīluviat		dīluviāmus		dīluviātis		dīluviant
	imperfect	dīluviābam		dīluviābās		dīluviābat		dīluviābāmus		dīluviābātis		dīluviābant
	future	dīluviābō		dīluviābis		dīluviābit		dīluviābimus		dīluviābitis		dīluviābunt
	perfect	dīluviāvī		dīluviāvistī		dīluviāvit		dīluviāvimus		dīluviāvistis		dīluviāvēre, dīluviāvērunt
	pluperfect	dīluviāveram		dīluviāverās		dīluviāverat		dīluviāverāmus		dīluviāverātis		dīluviāverant
	future perfect	dīluviāverō		dīluviāveris		dīluviāverit		dīluviāverimus		dīluviāveritis		dīluviāverint
passive	present	dīluvior		dīluviāre, dīluviāris		dīluviātur		dīluviāmur		dīluviāminī		dīluviantur
	imperfect	dīluviābar		dīluviābāre, dīluviābāris		dīluviābātur		dīluviābāmur		dīluviābāminī		dīluviābantur
	future	dīluviābor		dīluviābere, dīluviāberis		dīluviābitur		dīluviābimur		dīluviābiminī		dīluviābuntur
	perfect	dīluviātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dīluviātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dīluviātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dīluviem		dīluviēs		dīluviet		dīluviēmus		dīluviētis		dīluvient
	imperfect	dīluviārem		dīluviārēs		dīluviāret		dīluviārēmus		dīluviārētis		dīluviārent
	perfect	dīluviāverim		dīluviāverīs		dīluviāverit		dīluviāverīmus		dīluviāverītis		dīluviāverint
	pluperfect	dīluviāvissem		dīluviāvissēs		dīluviāvisset		dīluviāvissēmus		dīluviāvissētis		dīluviāvissent
passive	present	dīluvier		dīluviēre, dīluviēris		dīluviētur		dīluviēmur		dīluviēminī		dīluvientur
	imperfect	dīluviārer		dīluviārēre, dīluviārēris		dīluviārētur		dīluviārēmur		dīluviārēminī		dīluviārentur
	perfect	dīluviātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dīluviātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dīluviā		—		—		dīluviāte		—
	future	—		dīluviātō		dīluviātō		—		dīluviātōte		dīluviantō
passive	present	—		dīluviāre		—		—		dīluviāminī		—
	future	—		dīluviātor		dīluviātor		—		—		dīluviantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dīluviāre			dīluviārī			dīluviāns			—
future		dīluviātūrum esse			dīluviātum īrī			dīluviātūrus			dīluviandus
perfect		dīluviāvisse			dīluviātum esse			—			dīluviātus
future perfect		—			dīluviātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dīluviātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dīluviandī		dīluviandō		dīluviandum		dīluviandō		dīluviātum		dīluviātū

Descendants

• Italian: diluviare

Etymology 3

Noun

dīluviō

1. dative/ablative singular of dīluvium

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dīluvium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈlubjo/ [d̪iˈlu.β̞jo]
• Rhymes: -ubjo
• Syllabification: di‧lu‧vio

Noun

diluvio m (plural diluvios)

1. deluge, downpour

   Synonym: aguacero

Derived terms

• arca del diluvio
• diluviano

Related terms

• diluviar

Further reading

• “diluvio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10