pluvius

== Latin == === Etymology === From pluit (“to rain”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɫʊ.wi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpluː.vi.us] === Adjective === pluvius (feminine pluvia, neuter pluvium); first/second-declension adjective rainy, bringing rain ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Noun === pluvius m (genitive pluviī or pluvī); second declension The inner court of a dwelling, usually open to the sky and capable of collecting rainwater. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === Derived terms === pluvia === Related terms === === References === “pluvius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pluvius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “pluvius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “pluvius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “pluvius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray