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illuvio

1 illuvio [LL; cf. LL diluvio] 1 inundation, flood. s1153 cum nullus eorum flumen transgredi posset, nec rex tantas ~ones ultra perferre sufficeret H. Hunt. HA VIII 34 p. 287. 2 flux, dysentery. serpit ~o feda et morbus cancerosus in omnes J. Sal. Pol. 485D.
2 illuvio [cf. 1 illuvies] , unwashed condition, uncleanness (in quot., fig.). jam ‥ haec siderea gemma ad sanctorum patriam rapietur ab ~one terrena Gosc. Edith 91 (cf. id. Transl. Mild. 7 (v. 1 illuvies b)); a filthe livio, luvio, lues CathA.

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