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”, in Nuova Cronica‎^[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	dīluviāvērunt, dīluviāvēre
	pluperfect	dīluviāveram	dīluviāverās	dīluviāverat	dīluviāverāmus	dīluviāverātis	dīluviāverant
	future perfect	dīluviāverō	dīluviāveris	dīluviāverit	dīluviāverimus	dīluviāveritis	dīluviāverint
passive	present	dīluvior	dīluviāris, dīluviāre	dīluviātur	dīluviāmur	dīluviāminī	dīluviantur
	imperfect	dīluviābar	dīluviābāris, dīluviābāre	dīluviābātur	dīluviābāmur	dīluviābāminī	dīluviābantur
	future	dīluviābor	dīluviāberis, dīluviābere	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	dīluviēris, dīluviēre	dīluviētur	dīluviēmur	dīluviēminī	dīluvientur
	imperfect	dīluviārer	dīluviārēris, dīluviārēre	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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dīluviāre	dīluviāvisse	dīluviātūrum esse	dīluviārī	dīluviātum esse	dīluviātum īrī
participles		dīluviāns	—	dīluviātūrus	—	dīluviātus	dīluviandus
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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28