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Latin
Etymology
From fluo (“flow”) + -trum ("that by which flowing is accomplished").
Noun
flū̆strum n (genitive flū̆strī); second declension
- stream
- quiet state of the sea
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- flustrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “flustra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- flustra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- White, John T. (1858) Latin Suffixes, London: Spottiswoode & co, page 28