cataclysmus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood, inundation”). === Noun === cataclysmus m (genitive cataclysmī); second declension deluge, flood, inundation shower, douche (medical washing) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === "cataclysmus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)