LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

colluviō

colluviō f (genitive colluviōnis)
Classical[kɔlˈlʊ.wi.oː]Ecclesiastical[kolˈluː.vi.o]

Meaning

  1. jumble (heterogeneous mass)
  2. filth

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecolluviō
conluviō		colluviōnēs
conluviōnēs
genitivecolluviōnis
conluviōnis		colluviōnum
conluviōnum
dativecolluviōnī
conluviōnī		colluviōnibus
conluviōnibus
accusativecolluviōnem
conluviōnem		colluviōnēs
conluviōnēs
ablativecolluviōne
conluviōne		colluviōnibus
conluviōnibus
vocativecolluviō
conluviō		colluviōnēs
conluviōnēs

collŭvĭo (conl-), ōnis, and collŭvĭ-es, em, ē (the latter form not freq. before the Aug. per.; but exclusively used by Col., Pliny the elder, and Tac.; a third collat. form collŭvĭum, acc. to Isid. Diff. Verb. 40), f. colluo,
I. a conflux or collection of filth, washings, sweepings, draff, swill.
I. Prop.
(a). Colluvies, Dig. 43, 22, 1, §§ 2 and 4: cohortis et aedificii, Col. 2, 15, 8; cf. id. 1, 6, 24; 1, 5, 6: turbida nigro limo, Luc. 4, 311; Plin. 24, 19, 116, § 176.—
(b). Colluvio: colluvionibus sentinarum, Arn. 5, p. 172.—
II. More freq. trop., the impure conflux of different objects, dregs, impurities, impure mixture, vile medley, offscourings.
(a). Colluvio: mixtorum omnis generis animantium, Liv. 3, 6, 3: cum ex hac turbā et colluvione discedam, Cic. Sen. 23, 85; cf. Non. p. 82, 9: o praeclarum diem, omnium scelerum, Cic. Sest. 7, 15: rerum, Liv. 3, 11, 5: deterrima verborum, Gell. 1, 15, 17: colluvionem gentium adferre, a polluting mixture, Liv. 4, 2, 5: mixti ex omni colluvione exsules obaerati, etc., id. 26, 40, 17; cf. id. 22, 43, 2: in colluvione Drusi, the dregs of the people adhering to him, the rabble, Cic. Vat. 9, 23; Cod. Th. 13, 3, 7: ordinum hominum, Curt. 10, 2, 6: sanguinis peregrini et servilis, Suet. Aug. 40; Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 11.—
(b). Colluvies, Atticus ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 7: rerum, Tac. H. 2, 16 fin.; cf. absol., id. A. 14, 15; 14, 44; id. H. 5, 12: nationum, id. A. 2, 55: collecta populi, Just. 2, 6, 4.

Origins

From colluō (“wash thoroughly”) + -iō, from con- + lavō (“wash”).

Quick answers

What does colluviō mean in Latin?
colluviō, a noun, means “jumble (heterogeneous mass); filth”.
What is the genitive of colluviō?
The genitive singular is colluviōnis. colluviō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce colluviō?
In classical Latin, [kɔlˈlʊ.wi.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kolˈluː.vi.o].