flustrum

Latin

Etymology

From fluō (“flow”) +‎ -trum, literally “that by which flowing is accomplished”. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “'s'”)

Noun

flū̆strum n (genitive flū̆strī); second declension

  1. stream
  2. quiet state of the sea

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative flū̆strum flū̆stra
genitive flū̆strī flū̆strōrum
dative flū̆strō flū̆strīs
accusative flū̆strum flū̆stra
ablative flū̆strō flū̆strīs
vocative flū̆strum flū̆stra

References

  • "flustrum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “flustra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “flustra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • White, John T. (1858), Latin Suffixes‎[1], London: Spottiswoode & co, page 28
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