fluvius
Latin
Etymology
From the root of fluō (“flow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew-, whence also flūmen. Found in Classical Latin, but much less frequently than the standard flūmen.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈflu.u̯i.us/, [ˈfɫ̪uː̯iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈflu.vi.us/, [ˈfluːvius]
Noun
fluvius m (genitive fluviī or fluvī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fluvius | fluviī |
| Genitive | fluviī fluvī1 |
fluviōrum |
| Dative | fluviō | fluviīs |
| Accusative | fluvium | fluviōs |
| Ablative | fluviō | fluviīs |
| Vocative | fluvie | fluviī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
- fluō (“I flow, stream, pour”)
- fluviālis (“fluvial”, adjective)
- fluviātilis (“river”, attributive)
Descendants
References
- “fluvius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fluvius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fluvius 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)
- fluvius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.