alluvies

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

allŭvĭes (adl-), ēi, f. [alluo].

I A pool of water occasioned by the overflowing of the sea or a river : in proximā adluvie pueros exponunt, * Liv. 1, 4.—

II Land formed by overflow , alluvial land : fluminum adluvie, * Col. 3, 11, 8.—In the plur.: mare quietas adluvies temperabat, Ap. Met. 11, 7, 24 Elm.

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