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illŭvĭes (inl- ), ēi, f. in-luo.
I. Dirt, filth, uncleanness of the body (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: alluvies, diluvies, colluvies, proluvies; squalor, sordes, paedor): hic cruciatur fame, frigore, illuvie, imbalnitie, imperfundie, incuria, Lucil. ap. Non. 126, 2; 125, 31; Varr. ib. 34; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 54: “pectus illuvie scabrum, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 12, 26: illuvie ac squalore obsitus,Tac. A. 4, 28: “illuvie deformis,id. H. 4, 46: “morbo illuvieque peresa vellera,Verg. G. 3, 561: “oris,Dig. 21, 1, 12.—As a term of reproach: “di te perdant ... oboluisti allium, Germana illuvies, hircus, hara suis,you perfect beast, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 39. —
II. An overflowing, inundation (postclass.): “aquarum,Just. 2, 1, 6; 2, 6, 10: “placida,” i. e. the water that has overflowed, Tac. A. 12, 51: “imber campos lubricos fecerat, gravesque currus illuvie haerebant,in the mud, Curt. 8, 14, 4.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 1.1
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.561
    • Tacitus, Annales, 12.51
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.28
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 4.46
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 8.14.4
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