diluvies Latin · revision 10206

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *lewH-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [diːˈɫʊ.wi.eːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diˈluː.vi.es]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīluviēs''' ''f'' (genitive dīluviēī); fifth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dīluō|-iēs|t1=to wash away]], from [[m|la|dis-]] and [[luō]]; compare [[illuviēs]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨luō⟩ “to loosen” to [[itc-pro|*luwe/o-]], [[ine-pro|*lewH-|t=to cut loose]], cognate with [[grc|λύω|tr=lúō|t=to loosen]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Lucretius, and Gaffiot cites him twice.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short take it as literally a washing away of the earth; in use it meant a flood, inundation, deluge, as in Lucretius, Horace and Pliny.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|flood]], [[m|en|inundation]], [[m|en|deluge]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dīluō]]

+ * [[dīluvium]]

+ * [[luō]]

+ * [[illuviēs]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short give the by-forms ''dīluvium'' and ''dīluviō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}