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collŭvĭo (conl- ), ōnis, and collŭvĭ-es , em, ē (the latter form not freq. before the Aug. per.; but exclusively used by Col., Pliny the elder, and Tac.; a third collat. form collŭvĭum , acc. to Isid. Diff. Verb. 40), f. colluo,
I.a conflux or collection of filth, washings, sweepings, draff, swill.
I. Prop.
(α). Colluvies, Dig. 43, 22, 1, §§ “2 and 4: cohortis et aedificii,Col. 2, 15, 8; cf. id. 1, 6, 24; 1, 5, 6: “turbida nigro limo,Luc. 4, 311; Plin. 24, 19, 116, § 176.—
(β). Colluvio: “colluvionibus sentinarum,Arn. 5, p. 172.—
II. More freq. trop., the impure conflux of different objects, dregs, impurities, impure mixture, vile medley, offscourings.
(α). Colluvio: “mixtorum omnis generis animantium,Liv. 3, 6, 3: “cum ex hac turbā et colluvione discedam,Cic. Sen. 23, 85; cf. Non. p. 82, 9: “o praeclarum diem, omnium scelerum,Cic. Sest. 7, 15: “rerum,Liv. 3, 11, 5: “deterrima verborum,Gell. 1, 15, 17: “colluvionem gentium adferre,a polluting mixture, Liv. 4, 2, 5: “mixti ex omni colluvione exsules obaerati, etc.,id. 26, 40, 17; cf. id. 22, 43, 2: “in colluvione Drusi,the dregs of the people adhering to him, the rabble, Cic. Vat. 9, 23; “Cod. Th. 13, 3, 7: ordinum hominum,Curt. 10, 2, 6: “sanguinis peregrini et servilis,Suet. Aug. 40; Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 11.—
(β). Colluvies, Atticus ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 7: “rerum,Tac. H. 2, 16 fin.; cf. absol., id. A. 14, 15; 14, 44; id. H. 5, 12: “nationum,id. A. 2, 55: “collecta populi,Just. 2, 6, 4.
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