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Verb
diluvio
- first-person singular present indicative of diluviar
Ido
Noun
diluvio (plural diluvii)
- deluge, flood
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dīluvium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈlu.vjo/
- Rhymes: -uvjo
- Hyphenation: di‧lù‧vio
Noun
diluvio m (plural diluvi)
- deluge, downpour
1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle], published 1991, section 2:E acciò che Dio non gli potesse più nuocere per diluvio d’acqua, come avea fatto alla prima etade, sì ordinò di fare la maravigliosa opera della torre di Babel.- And, so that God could not bring him harm with a deluge of water anymore, as he did in the first age, so he ordered the wonderful work of the Tower of Babel be made.
- (uncommon) flood
- (geology) Synonym of diluvium
- (hunting) a large net used to capture birds
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- diluvio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From dīluō + -iō.
Noun
dīluviō f (genitive dīluviōnis); third declension
- flood, deluge, inundation
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Etymology 2
From dīluvium (“flood”) + -ō.
Verb
dīluviō (present infinitive dīluviāre, perfect active dīluviāvī, supine dīluviātum); first conjugation
- to inundate, deluge
Titus Lucretius Carus,
De rerum natura 5.387:
- minantur / omnia diluviare ex alto gurgite ponti
Conjugation
Descendants
Etymology 3
Noun
dīluviō
- dative/ablative singular of dīluvium
References
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dīluvium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈlubjo/
- Rhymes: -ubjo
- Syllabification: di‧lu‧vio
Noun
diluvio m (plural diluvios)
- deluge, downpour
- Synonym: aguacero
Derived terms
Further reading