colluvies

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin colluvies, from colluo (to wash thoroughly, wash out, rinse).

Noun

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colluvies (plural colluvies)

  1. effluvium
  2. medley, hotchpotch

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From colluō (I wash out, rinse) +‎ -iēs.

Noun

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colluviēs f (genitive colluviēī); fifth declension

  1. filth
  2. dregs, an impure mixture or medley

Declension

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Fifth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative colluviēs colluviēs
Genitive colluviēī colluviērum
Dative colluviēī colluviēbus
Accusative colluviem colluviēs
Ablative colluviē colluviēbus
Vocative colluviēs colluviēs
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References

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  • colluvies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • colluvies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • colluvies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.