noun · femininethird declension
alluviō
alluviō f (genitive alluviōnis)
Classical[alˈlʊ.wi.oː]Ecclesiastical[alˈluː.vi.o]
Meaning
- The act of washing upon or overflowing, inundation, flood.
- An addition made to land by deposition of silt or soil by water, alluvion.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alluviō | alluviōnēs adluviōnēs |
| genitive | alluviōnis adluviōnis | alluviōnum adluviōnum |
| dative | alluviōnī adluviōnī | alluviōnibus adluviōnibus |
| accusative | alluviōnem adluviōnem | alluviōnēs adluviōnēs |
| ablative | alluviōne adluviōne | alluviōnibus adluviōnibus |
| vocative | alluviō | alluviōnēs adluviōnēs |
allŭvĭo (adl-), ōnis, f. id..
I. In gen., a washing upon, an overflowing, an inundation:
adluvione paulatim terra consumitur, Vulg. Job, 14, 19: terra aquarum saepe adluvionibus mersa, App. Mund. p. 67, 41.—II. In the jurists, an accession of land gradually washed to the shore by the flowing of water, alluvial land:
quod per adluvionem agro nostro flumen adjecit, jure gentium nobis adquiritur, Dig. 41, 1, 7; 19, 1, 13 —Hence, jura adluvionum et circumluvio num, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173; cf. Dig. 41, 1, 12.Origins
From alluō (“wash against, bathe”) + -iō, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + luō (“wash”).
Descendants
- Catalanal·luvió
- Englishalluvion
- Frenchalluvion
- Italianalluvione
- Portuguesealuvião
- Romanianaluviune
- Spanishaluvión
- Russianаллю́вий
In English words that came into English from alluviō
- alluvialalluvius
- alluviumalluvium
- alluvionalluviō
- alluviousalluvius