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diluvio

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See also: diluvió and dilúvio

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Verb

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diluvio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of diluviar

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Noun

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diluvio (plural diluvii)

  1. deluge, flood

Italian

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin dīluvium.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /diˈlu.vjo/
    • Rhymes: -uvjo
    • Hyphenation: di‧lù‧vio

    Noun

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    diluvio m (plural diluvi)

    1. deluge, downpour
      • 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎[1], 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.
    2. (uncommon) flood
    3. (geology) synonym of diluvium
    4. (hunting) a large net used to capture birds

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    Further reading

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    • “diluvio”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

    Anagrams

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    Latin

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    Etymology 1

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      From dīluō + -iō.

      Noun

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      dīluviō f (genitive dīluviōnis); third declension

      1. flood, deluge, inundation
      Declension
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      Third-declension noun.

      Etymology 2

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        From dīluvium (“flood”) + -ō.

        Verb

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        dīluviō (present infinitive dīluviāre, perfect active dīluviāvī, supine dīluviātum); first conjugation

        1. to inundate, deluge
          • Titus Lucretius Carus, De rerum natura 5.387:
            minantur / omnia diluviare ex alto gurgite ponti
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        Conjugation
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        • Catalan: diluviar
        • Italian: diluviare
        • Portuguese: diluviar
        • Spanish: diluviar

        Etymology 3

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          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

          Noun

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          dīluviō

          1. dative/ablative singular of dīluvium

          References

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          • “diluvio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
          • “diluvies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
          • “diluvio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

          Old Galician-Portuguese

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          Alternative forms

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          Etymology

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            Learned borrowing from Latin dīluvium.

            Noun

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            diluvio m (plural diluvios)

            1. deluge
              (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

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            Old Spanish

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            Alternative forms

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            Etymology

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              Learned borrowing from Latin dīluvium.

              Noun

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              diluvio m (plural diluvios)

              1. deluge

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              Spanish

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              Etymology

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                Inherited from Old Spanish diluvio, a learned borrowing from Latin dīluvium.

                Pronunciation

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                • IPA(key): /diˈlubjo/ [d̪iˈlu.β̞jo]
                • Rhymes: -ubjo
                • Syllabification: di‧lu‧vio

                Noun

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                diluvio m (plural diluvios)

                1. deluge, downpour
                  Synonym: aguacero

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