noun · femininefifth declension
ēluviēs
ēluviēs f (genitive ēluviēī)
Meaning
- washing away
- discharge
- inundation, flood
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ēluviēs | ēluviēs |
| genitive | ēluviēī | ēluviērum |
| dative | ēluviēī | ēluviēbus |
| accusative | ēluviem | ēluviēs |
| ablative | ēluviē | ēluviēbus |
| vocative | ēluviēs | ēluviēs |
ēlŭvĭes, em, e, f. eluo,
I. a washing away of impurities, a flowing off, discharge.
I. Lit., Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 197; Pall. 1, 40, 4; Juv. 3, 32: ventris, Lucil. ap. Non. 103, 33; Aur. Vict. Epit. 9 fin.—
II. In gen., an overflowing, an inundation of a river, etc.:
eluvie mons est deductus in aequor, Ov. M. 15, 267; Tac. A. 13, 57.— B. Meton., a chasm, abyss, ravine produced by the violent rushing of water, Curt. 5, 4 fin. (shortly before: vorago concursu cavata torrentium); 6, 4 fin.—In plur. (with voragines), id. 8, 11.—
III. Trop., of a ruinous law:
ad illam labem atque eluviem civitatis pervenire, Cic. Dom. 20, 53 fin.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ēluviēs —, em, ē, f
ex + 3 LV-, an overflow, inundation : eluvie mons est deductus in aequor, O.: maris, Ta.: eluvies iter morabantur, Cu.— A washing away, discharge : conducere Siccandam eluviem, removal of sewage , Iu.—Fig., of a ruinous law: civitatis.
Origins
Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin ēluviēs From ēluō (“to wash away”) + -iēs.