LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

malluvium

malluvium n (genitive malluviī or malluvī)

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinneutera wash-handbasin

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemalluviummalluvia
genitivemalluviī
malluvī
malluviōrum
dativemalluviōmalluviīs
accusativemalluviummalluvia
ablativemalluviōmalluviīs
vocativemalluviummalluvia

malluvĭum, i, n. id.,
I. a wash-handbasin: malluvium dicitur, quo manus lavuntur malluviae quibus manus sunt lautae (i. e. water to wash the hands in), perinde ut quibus pedes pelluviae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 160 Müll.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Latin luo Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin malluvium From manus (“hand”) + luo (“wash”) + -ium.

Quick answers

What does malluvium mean in Latin?
malluvium, a noun, means “a wash-handbasin”.
What is the genitive of malluvium?
The genitive singular is malluviī. malluvium is neuter, second declension.