LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

flūctiō

flūctiō f (genitive flūctiōnis)
Classical[ˈfɫuːk.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfluk.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a flowing, flow

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeflūctiōflūctiōnēs
genitiveflūctiōnisflūctiōnum
dativeflūctiōnīflūctiōnibus
accusativeflūctiōnemflūctiōnēs
ablativeflūctiōneflūctiōnibus
vocativeflūctiōflūctiōnēs

fluctĭo, ōnis, f. fluo; cf. fluctus,
I. a flowing, flow (freq. in Plin.): fluctione occulta laborare, Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 127: oculorum, id. 27, 9, 49, § 74; 28, 7, 21, § 73: mulierum, id. 21, 19, 73, § 123: ventris, id. 23, 5, 53, § 99: fluctiones quas Graeci rheumatismos vocant, id. 22, 18, 21, § 46; 22, 25, 68, § 138.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin flūctiō From fluctus + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishfluxion

Quick answers

What does flūctiō mean in Latin?
flūctiō, a noun, means “a flowing, flow”.
What is the genitive of flūctiō?
The genitive singular is flūctiōnis. flūctiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce flūctiō?
In classical Latin, [ˈfɫuːk.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfluk.t͡si.o].