flumen
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See also: flúmen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin flumen (“river”). Doublet of flume.
Noun[edit]
flumen (plural flumina)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From fluō (“I flow”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
flūmen n (genitive flūminis); third declension
Inflection[edit]
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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- 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
- Romansch: flum, flem, flüm
- Sardinian: fiumene, flumene
- Sicilian: ciumi, çiumi
- Venetian: fium, fiume
References[edit]
- 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- 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
- to draw off water from a river: aquam ex flumine derivare
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