fluvius Latin · revision 31031

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *bʰlewH-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈfɫʊ.wi.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈfluː.vi.us], /flui̯.i̯-/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fluvius''' ''m'' (genitive fluviī or fluvī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Inscriptions have ''flouius'' and ''fluius''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Sisenna has a feminine ''fluvia''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|fluō|t=to flow]] with the suffix [[m|la|-ius]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨fluō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*flowe/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*bʰlewH-|t=to flow over]], cognate with [[grc|φλύω|tr=phlúō|t=to boil over]] and [[lt|bliáuti|t=to bleat]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Naevius as its first author.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a river or stream, its current, as Lucretius' north winds blowing against the Nile, and its water, as the fresh streams Virgil's goats are given.^(OLD 2012) Personified it is a river god, as Virgil's “I call on springs and rivers”, and by transfer a stream of blood or sweat (Lucan).^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “river, stream”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of the current of the Nile.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of river water and of river gods.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 39–65 AD – Lucan of streams of blood.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|river]], [[m|en|stream]]; its current.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(singular or plural)'' Water from a stream.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(personified)'' A river god.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A stream (of blood, sweat).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[fluviālis]]

+ * [[fluviātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[flūmen]]

+ * [[fluō]]

+ * [[fluviātilis]]

+ * [[amnis]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes ''fluvius'' and [[flūmen]], an ordinary stream as opposed to a pond or lake, from [[amnis]], a great and mighty river as opposed to the sea.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}