Fluonia
Latin
Alternative forms
- Fluviōnia, Fluvōnia
Etymology
fluō (“I flow”) + -ōnia
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fluˈoː.ni.a/, [fɫ̪uˈoːniä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fluˈo.ni.a/, [fluˈɔːniä]
Proper noun
Fluōnia f sg (genitive Fluōniae); first declension
- an epithet of Juno
- 8th century CE, Paulus Diaconus, Karl Otfried Müller, editor, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 92:
- Fluoniam Iunonem mulieres colebant, quod eam sanguinis fluorem in conceptu retinere putabant.
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Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Fluōnia |
| Genitive | Fluōniae |
| Dative | Fluōniae |
| Accusative | Fluōniam |
| Ablative | Fluōniā |
| Vocative | Fluōnia |
References
- “Flŭōnĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Fluōnia” on page 717/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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