English

Noun

fluctus ‎(plural fluctus)

1. (astronomy, geology) An area covered by outflow from a volcano.

Latin

Etymology

From fluō ‎(“flow”) +‎ -tus ‎(action noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfluːk.tus/, [ˈfɫuːk.tʊs]

Noun

fluctus m ‎(genitive fluctūs); fourth declension

1. a wave, billow

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: fluctuation, flux
• French: flux
• Italian: fiotto, flutto

References

• fluctus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fluctus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FLUCTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fluctus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • tossed hither and thither by the waves: fluctibus iactari
    
  • to be engulfed: fluctibus (undis) obrui,submergi
    
  • to enter the whirlpool of political strife: se civilibus fluctibus committere