colluvies

English

Etymology

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

Noun

colluvies (plural colluvies)

  1. effluvium
  2. medley, hotchpotch

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

colluviēs f (genitive colluviēī); fifth declension

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

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

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

References
  • “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.
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