English

Noun

flumen ‎(plural flumina)

1. (astronomy, geology) A term used in planetary geology to refer to the river-like features on Saturn's moon Titan.

Latin

Etymology

From fluō ‎(“I flow”) +‎ -men ‎(noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfluː.men/, [ˈfɫuː.mẽ]

Noun

flūmen n ‎(genitive flūminis); third declension

1. river

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Related terms

• fluo

Descendants

References

• flumen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• flumen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “flumen”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to draw off water from a river: aquam ex flumine derivare
    
  • the rivers flows with a rapid current: flumen citatum fertur
    
  • a river swollen by the rain: flumen imbribus auctum
    
  • the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen super ripas effunditur
    
  • the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen extra ripas diffluit
    
  • the river floods the fields: flumen agros inundat
    
  • to wade across, to ford a river: flumen vado transire
    
  • with the stream; downstream: flumine secundo
    
  • against the stream; upstream: flumine adverso
    
  • flow of oratory: flumen orationis (De Or. 2. 15. 62)
    
  • senseless rant: inanium verborum flumen
    
  • to build a bridge over a river: pontem facere in flumine
    
  • to build a bridge over a river: flumen ponte iungere
    
  • there is a bridge over the river: pons est in flumine