noun · masculinefourth declension
flū̆xus1
flū̆xus m (genitive flū̆xūs)
Classical[ˈfɫuːk.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfluk.sus]
Meaning
- post Augustana flowing, flow, flux
- Late Latineuphemisticpost Augustanemission (of semen)
Et insanivit libidine super concubitum eorum, quorum carnes sunt ut carnes asinorum, et sicut fluxus equorum fluxus eorum.
And she was mad with lust over sex, whereinwhich flesh was like the flesh of asses, and emission was like the emission of horses.Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Hiezechielis 23:20:
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
nōn firmus, lābilisfluxus -a -um — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 2
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | flū̆xus | flū̆xūs |
| genitive | flū̆xūs | flū̆xuum |
| dative | flū̆xuī | flū̆xibus |
| accusative | flū̆xum | flū̆xūs |
| ablative | flū̆xū | flū̆xibus |
| vocative | flū̆xus | flū̆xūs |
fluxus, ūs, m. id.,
I. a flowing, flow, a flux (post-Aug.):
sanguinis, Justin. 12, 9, 12: (echenēis piscis) fluxus gravidarum utero sistens, Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 79: ventus non aliud intelligitur quam fluxus aëris, a current of air, id. 2, 43, 44, § 114: resinae, id. 23, 1, 24, § 46: Maeandrico fluxu delicatam vestem humi protrahere, i. e. folds, drapery, Tert. Pall. 4 med. (but in Tac. H. 5, 23 the correct read. is flexu, v. 2. flexus, II. A. fin.).Origins
From fluō (“flow”) + -tus (action noun-forming suffix). The unexpected /g~k/ in this perfect stem may be a result of proportional analogy with struō :: strūxī and vīvō :: vīxī. Compare flūctus.
Descendants
- Catalanflux
- Englishflux
- EnglishFluxus
- Frenchflux
- Romanianfluxfrom French flux
- Italianflusso
- Portuguesefluxo
- Spanishflujofrom Old Spanish fluxo
- Friulianflus
- Galicianfluxo
In English words that came into English from flū̆xus
- fluxflū̆xus
- fluxionfluxiō