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defluvium

defluvium · n

A flowing down, flowing off

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 11 · 0.28/10k

What it meant

dēflŭvĭum — Lewis & Short

dēflŭvĭum, ii, n.id. (perh. only in Plin.).

I A flowing down, flowing off, Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281: defluvia fontanea, Sol. 4, 4.—

II A falling off or out: capilli, = alopecia, Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163; 29, 6, 34, § 108; cf. capitis, id. 11, 39, 94, § 230; 22, 13, 15, § 34.

In the wild

defluvio Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.39.p3
defluvia Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.13
defluvia Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.4.p3
defluvium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.37.p7
defluvio Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.29.p1
defluvia Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.2.p4

6 of 11 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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