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dīlŭvĭes , ēi, f., also dīlŭvĭum , ii, n., and dīlŭvĭo , ōnis, f. diluo, lit., a washing away of the earth; hence,
I. Transf., an inundation, flood, deluge (in all three forms only poet. and in post-Aug. prose; yet in Seneca, Quaestt. Natt., diluvium stands for the general deluge; v. infra, β).
(α). Diluvies, Lucr. 5, 255; 6, 292; Hor. C. 3, 29, 40; 4, 14, 28; Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8.—
(β). Diluvium, Verg. A. 12, 205; Ov. M. 1, 434; Sen. Q. N. 3, 27; 29; Plin. Ep. 8, 17; Flor. 4, 2, 3; cf. Vulg. Matt. 24, 38 al.—
(γ). Diluvio, Censor. 18 med.; Tert. Anim. 46.—
II. Trop.: “diluvio ex illo tot vasta per aequora vecti,” desolation, destruction, Verg. A. 7, 228 (ex illa vastitate, Serv.), a deluge of invasion, Val. Fl. 6, 394.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • New Testament, Matthew, 24.38
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.434
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.228
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.205
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.255
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.292
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.8
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 8.17
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 6.394
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