proper noun · femininefirst declension
Fluōnia
Fluōnia f sg (genitive Fluōniae)
Classical[fɫuˈoː.ni.a]Ecclesiastical[fluˈɔː.ni.a]
Meaning
- an epithet of Juno
Fluoniam Iunonem mulieres colebant, quod eam sanguinis fluorem in conceptu retinere putabant.
1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 92, line 15:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Fluōnia | — |
| genitive | Fluōniae | — |
| dative | Fluōniae | — |
| accusative | Fluōniam | — |
| ablative | Fluōniā | — |
| vocative | Fluōnia | — |
Flŭōnĭa (coll. forms, Flŭvĭōnĭa, Arn. 3, 30: Flŭvōnĭa, Mart. Cap. 2, § 149), ae, f. fluo,
I. a surname of Juno, so called: quod eam sanguinis fluorem in conceptu retinere putabant, Varr. ap. Aug. Civ. D. 7, 2 sq.; Arn. 3, 118; Paul. ex Fest. p. 92 Müll.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Latin -ōnia Latin Fluōnia From fluō (“to flow”) + -ōnia.