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alluvies

allŭvĭes (adl-), ēi, f. [alluo].
  • A pool of water occasioned by the overflowing of the sea or a river: in proximā adluvie pueros exponunt, * Liv. 1, 4.—
  • II Land formed by overflow, alluvial land: fluminum adluvie, * Col. 3, 11, 8.—In the plur.: mare quietas adluvies temperabat, Ap. Met. 11, 7, 24 Elm.

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