diluvies
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Latin > English
diluvies diluviei N F :: inundation, flood
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dīlŭvĭes: ēi, f., also dīlŭvĭum, ii, n., and dīlŭvĭo, ōnis, f. diluo, lit., a washing away of the earth; hence,
I Transf., an inundation, flood, deluge (in all three forms only poet. and in post-Aug. prose; yet in Seneca, Quaestt. Natt., diluvium stands for the general deluge;
v. infra, β).
(a) Diluvies, Lucr. 5, 255; 6, 292; Hor. C. 3, 29, 40; 4, 14, 28; Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8.—
(b) Diluvium, Verg. A. 12, 205; Ov. M. 1, 434; Sen. Q. N. 3, 27; 29; Plin. Ep. 8, 17; Flor. 4, 2, 3; cf. Vulg. Matt. 24, 38 al.—
(g) Diluvio, Censor. 18 med.; Tert. Anim. 46.—
II Trop.: diluvio ex illo tot vasta per aequora vecti, desolation, destruction, Verg. A. 7, 228 (ex illa vastitate, Serv.), a deluge of invasion, Val. Fl. 6, 394.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dīlŭvĭēs,¹⁴ ēī, f. (diluo), inondation, débordement, déluge : Lucr. 5, 255 ; 6, 292 ; Hor. O. 3, 29, 40 ; Plin. 9, 8.
Latin > German (Georges)
dīluviēs, ēi, f. (diluo), die Überschwemmung, Wasserflut, Lucr. u. Hor.: diluviem quandam eructans (v. Walfisch), Plin. 9, 8.
