flumen

See also: flúmen

English

Noun

flumen (plural flumina)

1. (astronomy, geology) A term used in planetary geology to refer to the river-like features on Saturn's moon Titan.

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Latin

Etymology

From fluō (“I flow”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfluː.men/, [ˈfɫuː.mẽ]

Noun

flūmen n (genitive flūminis); third declension

1. river

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	flūmen	flūmina
genitive	flūminis	flūminum
dative	flūminī	flūminibus
accusative	flūmen	flūmina
ablative	flūmine	flūminibus
vocative	flūmen	flūmina

Related terms

• fluō
• fluvius

Descendants

• Aromanian: flumin
• Dalmatian: floim
• English: flume
• Istriot: fioûme
• Italian: fiume
• Friulian: flum
• Neapolitan: ciume
• Occitan: flume

• Old French: flun, flum
• Old Portuguese: flume, frume
• Portuguese: flume, flúmen (borrowed)
• Romansch: flum, flem, flüm
• Sardinian: fiúmene, flúmini, frúmene, frumi, frúmine, frúmini
• Sicilian: ciumi, çiumi
• Venetian: fium, fiume

References

• flumen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• flumen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “flumen” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to draw off water from a river: aquam ex flumine derivare
    
  • the rivers flows with a rapid current: flumen citatum fertur
    
  • a river swollen by the rain: flumen imbribus auctum
    
  • the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen super ripas effunditur
    
  • the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen extra ripas diffluit
    
  • the river floods the fields: flumen agros inundat
    
  • to wade across, to ford a river: flumen vado transire
    
  • with the stream; downstream: flumine secundo
    
  • against the stream; upstream: flumine adverso
    
  • flow of oratory: flumen orationis (De Or. 2. 15. 62)
    
  • senseless rant: inanium verborum flumen
    
  • to build a bridge over a river: pontem facere in flumine
    
  • to build a bridge over a river: flumen ponte iungere
    
  • there is a bridge over the river: pons est in flumine