colluvies

English

Etymology

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

Noun

colluvies (plural colluvies)

  1. effluvium
  2. medley, hotchpotch

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

  • conluviēs

Etymology

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

Noun

colluviēs f (genitive colluviēī); fifth declension

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

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

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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