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Latin
Etymology
From pluit.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pluvius (feminine pluvia, neuter pluvium); first/second-declension adjective
- rainy, bringing rain
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Noun
pluvius m (genitive pluviī or pluvī); second declension
- The inner court of a dwelling, usually open to the sky and capable of collecting rainwater.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “pluvius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pluvius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pluvius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “pluvius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pluvius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray