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noun · femininefifth declension

dīluviēs

dīluviēs f (genitive dīluviēī)
Classical[diːˈɫʊ.wi.eːs]Ecclesiastical[diˈluː.vi.es]

Meaning

  1. inundation, flood, deluge

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedīluviēsdīluviēs
genitivedīluviēīdīluviērum
dativedīluviēīdīluviēbus
accusativedīluviemdīluviēs
ablativedīluviēdīluviēbus
vocativedīluviēsdīluviēs

dīlŭvĭes, ēi, f., also dīlŭvĭum, ii, n., and dīlŭvĭo, ōnis, f. diluo, lit., a washing away of the earth; hence,
I. Transf., an inundation, flood, deluge (in all three forms only poet. and in post-Aug. prose; yet in Seneca, Quaestt. Natt., diluvium stands for the general deluge; v. infra, β).
(a). Diluvies, Lucr. 5, 255; 6, 292; Hor. C. 3, 29, 40; 4, 14, 28; Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8.—
(b). Diluvium, Verg. A. 12, 205; Ov. M. 1, 434; Sen. Q. N. 3, 27; 29; Plin. Ep. 8, 17; Flor. 4, 2, 3; cf. Vulg. Matt. 24, 38 al.—
(g). Diluvio, Censor. 18 med.; Tert. Anim. 46.—
II. Trop.: diluvio ex illo tot vasta per aequora vecti, desolation, destruction, Verg. A. 7, 228 (ex illa vastitate, Serv.), a deluge of invasion, Val. Fl. 6, 394.

Origins

From dīluō (“to wash away”) + -iēs. See also illuviēs.

Quick answers

What does dīluviēs mean in Latin?
dīluviēs, a noun, means “inundation, flood, deluge”.
What is the genitive of dīluviēs?
The genitive singular is dīluviēī. dīluviēs is feminine, fifth declension.
How do you pronounce dīluviēs?
In classical Latin, [diːˈɫʊ.wi.eːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [diˈluː.vi.es].