noun · femininefifth declension
illuviēs
illuviēs f (genitive illuviēī)
Meaning
- filth
- overflowing, inundation (post-classical)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
sordēs corporisinluviēs -ēī (f) — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 14
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | illuviēs | illuviēs |
| genitive | illuviēī inluviēī | illuviērum inluviērum |
| dative | illuviēī inluviēī | illuviēbus inluviēbus |
| accusative | illuviem inluviem | illuviēs |
| ablative | illuviē inluviē | illuviēbus inluviēbus |
| vocative | illuviēs | illuviēs |
illŭvĭes (inl-), ēi, f. in-luo.
I. Dirt, filth, uncleanness of the body (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: alluvies, diluvies, colluvies, proluvies; squalor, sordes, paedor): hic cruciatur fame, frigore, illuvie, imbalnitie, imperfundie, incuria, Lucil. ap. Non. 126, 2; 125, 31; Varr. ib. 34; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 54:
pectus illuvie scabrum, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 12, 26: illuvie ac squalore obsitus, Tac. A. 4, 28: illuvie deformis, id. H. 4, 46: morbo illuvieque peresa vellera, Verg. G. 3, 561: oris, Dig. 21, 1, 12.—As a term of reproach: di te perdant ... oboluisti allium, Germana illuvies, hircus, hara suis, you perfect beast, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 39. —II. An overflowing, inundation (postclass.):
aquarum, Just. 2, 1, 6; 2, 6, 10: placida, i. e. the water that has overflowed, Tac. A. 12, 51: imber campos lubricos fecerat, gravesque currus illuvie haerebant, in the mud, Curt. 8, 14, 4.Origins
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-der. Proto-Italic *lowō Latin lavō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin illuviēs From in- (“un-”) + lavō (“to wash”) + -iēs (abstract noun-forming suffix). Compare dīluviēs.