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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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