proluvies
From LSJ
διαφέρει δὲ ἡ κωμῳδία τῆς τραγῳδίας, ὅτι ἡ μὲν κωμῳδία ἀπὸ γέλωτος εἰς γέλωτα καταλήγει, ἡ δὲ τραγῳδία ἀπὸ θρήνου εἰς θρῆνον → comedy is different from tragedy, because comedy tapers off from laughter into laughter, but tragedy from lament into lament
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prōlŭvĭes: ēi, f. proluo,
I an overflow, inundation (class.): Romae et maxime Appia ad Martis mira proluvies, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 7, 1 (Bait.); Lucr. 5, 950: alvi, i. e. filth cast forth, excrements, id. 6, 1200; Col. 6, 7, 1; 12, 38, 1: foedissima ventris, Verg. A. 3, 217.
