fluvius

Latin

Etymology

From the root of fluō (“flow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew-, whence also flūmen. Found in Classical Latin, but much less frequently than the standard flūmen.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈflu.wi.us/, [ˈfɫʊ.wi.ʊs]

Noun

fluvius m (genitive fluviī); second declension

river, stream

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fluvius	fluviī
Genitive	fluviī fluvī¹	fluviōrum
Dative	fluviō	fluviīs
Accusative	fluvium	fluviōs
Ablative	fluviō	fluviīs
Vocative	fluvī	fluviī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

fluō (“I flow, stream, pour”)
fluviālis (“fluvial”, adjective)
fluviātilis (“river”, attributive)

Descendants

→ French: fleuve
→ Romanian: fluviu

References

fluvius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
fluvius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
fluvius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
fluvius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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