pluvius

Latin

Etymology

From pluit (“to rain”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɫʊ.wi.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpluː.vi.us]

Adjective

pluvius (feminine pluvia, neuter pluvium); first/second-declension adjective

1. rainy, bringing rain

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pluvius	pluvia	pluvium		pluviī	pluviae	pluvia
genitive	pluviī	pluviae	pluviī		pluviōrum	pluviārum	pluviōrum
dative	pluviō	pluviae	pluviō		pluviīs
accusative	pluvium	pluviam	pluvium		pluviōs	pluviās	pluvia
ablative	pluviō	pluviā	pluviō		pluviīs
vocative	pluvie	pluvia	pluvium		pluviī	pluviae	pluvia

Noun

pluvius m (genitive pluviī or pluvī); second declension

1. The inner court of a dwelling, usually open to the sky and capable of collecting rainwater.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pluvius	pluviī
genitive	pluviī pluvī1	pluviōrum
dative	pluviō	pluviīs
accusative	pluvium	pluviōs
ablative	pluviō	pluviīs
vocative	pluvie	pluviī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• pluvia

Related terms

• pluviālis
• pluviāticus
• pluviātilis
• pluviōsus

References

• “pluvius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pluvius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pluvius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pluvius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pluvius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray