alluvio

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

allŭvĭo (adl-), ōnis, f. [alluo].

I In gen., a washing upon , an overflowing , an inundation : adluvione paulatim terra consumitur, Vulg. Job, 14, 19: terra aquarum saepe adluvionibus mersa, Ap. de Mund. p. 67, 41.—

II In the jurists, an accession of land gradually washed to the shore by the flowing of water , alluvial land : quod per adluvionem agro nostro flumen adjecit, jure gentium nobis adquiritur, Dig. 41, 1, 7; 19, 1, 13 —Hence, jura adluvionum et circumluvio num, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173; cf. Dig. 41, 1, 12.

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