circumluvio

Latin

Etymology

From circumluō (to flow around), modelled after alluviō (alluvion).

Pronunciation

Noun

circumluviō f (genitive circumluviōnis); third declension

  1. alluvion (the formation of land by deposition of sediment) around a piece of land
  2. alluvial land formed in this way

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative circumluviō circumluviōnēs
Genitive circumluviōnis circumluviōnum
Dative circumluviōnī circumluviōnibus
Accusative circumluviōnem circumluviōnēs
Ablative circumluviōne circumluviōnibus
Vocative circumluviō circumluviōnēs

References

  • circumluvio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • circumluvio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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