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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From alluō (wash against, bathe) +‎ -iō, from ad (to, towards, at) + luō (wash).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alluviō f (genitive alluviōnis); third declension

  1. The act of washing upon or overflowing, inundation, flood.
  2. (law) An addition made to land by deposition of silt or soil by water, alluvion.

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alluviō alluviōnēs
Genitive alluviōnis alluviōnum
Dative alluviōnī alluviōnibus
Accusative alluviōnem alluviōnēs
Ablative alluviōne alluviōnibus
Vocative alluviō alluviōnēs

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Descendants

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References

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  • alluvio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • alluvio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • alluvio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • alluvio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin