proluvium

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

prōlŭvĭum, i, n. [prolus],

an overflow; trop., an excess , abundance : castitatis, Ambros. Virg. 1, 4, 18; cf.: proluvium, profusio, Non. p. 373; Ter. Ad. 985 (Umpfenb. and Fleck. prolubium); id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 217.