eluvio

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

ēlŭvĭo, ōnis, f. [eluo], older form of eluvies,

a washing away , overflowing , inundation : aquarum eluviones, Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111: eluviones et exustiones terrarum, Cic. Rep. 6, 21, 23; id. Off. 2, 5, 16.

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