LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

abluviō

abluviō f (genitive abluviōnis)

Meaning

  1. erosion
    si alicuius terras minutatim ex alia parte abstrahat et alii contrario relinquat, quod vocant abluvionem et alluvionemif (the river) gradually pulls away soil from some part and leaves soil on the opposite side of another part, people call these erosion and accretioncirca 2nd century, Siculus Flaccus, De condicionibus agrorum 25

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeabluviōabluviōnēs
genitiveabluviōnisabluviōnum
dativeabluviōnīabluviōnibus
accusativeabluviōnemabluviōnēs
ablativeabluviōneabluviōnibus
vocativeabluviōabluviōnēs

Origins

Descendants
  • Englishabluvion

In English words that came into English from abluviō

  • abluvionabluviō

Quick answers

What does abluviō mean in Latin?
abluviō, a noun, means “erosion”.
What is the genitive of abluviō?
The genitive singular is abluviōnis. abluviō is feminine, third declension.