colluvio

Latin

Etymology

From colluō (“wash thoroughly”) +‎ -iō, from con- +‎ lavō (“wash”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kolˈlu.u̯i.oː/, [kɔlˈlʲuː̯ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kolˈlu.vi.o/, [kolˈluːvio]

Noun

colluviō f (genitive colluviōnis); third declension

jumble (heterogeneous mass)
filth

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	colluviō	colluviōnēs
Genitive	colluviōnis	colluviōnum
Dative	colluviōnī	colluviōnibus
Accusative	colluviōnem	colluviōnēs
Ablative	colluviōne	colluviōnibus
Vocative	colluviō	colluviōnēs

Related terms

colluviēs

References

“colluvio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
colluvio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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