noun · neutersecond declension
dīluvium
dīluvium n (genitive dīluviī or dīluvī)
Classical[diːˈɫʊ.wi.ũː]Ecclesiastical[diˈluː.vi.um]
Meaning
- a flood
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
magna aquārum inundātiōdīluvium -ī (n) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 22
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dīluvium | dīluvia |
| genitive | dīluviī dīluvī | dīluviōrum |
| dative | dīluviō | dīluviīs |
| accusative | dīluvium | dīluvia |
| ablative | dīluviō | dīluviīs |
| vocative | dīluvium | dīluvia |
dīlŭvĭum, ii, n., v. diluvies, β.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dīluvium ī, n
diluo, an inundation, flood, deluge : Diluvio miscens (tellurem), V., O.—Fig., desolation, destruction : illud, V., Iu.
Origins
From dīluō (“to wash away”) + -ium, from dis- + lavō (“to wash”).
Descendants
- Catalandiluvi
- Englishdiluvium
- Italiandiluvio
- Romaniandiluviufrom Italian diluvio
- Italiandiluvium
- Occitandeluvi
- Occitandiluvi
- Frenchdélugefrom Old French deluge
- Englishdelugefrom Old French deluge
- Spanishdiluviofrom Old Spanish diluvio
In English words that came into English from dīluvium
- delugedīluvium
- antediluviandīluvium
- diluviandīluvium
- diluviumdīluvium