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proluvies

proluvies, an overflow, inundation

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

prōluviēs, ēī, f.: a flowing forth; excrement, discharge, 3.217. (prōluō)
prōlŭvĭes, ēi, f. [proluo],
  • an overflow, inundation (class.): Romae et maxime Appia ad Martis mira proluvies, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 7, 1 (Bait.); Lucr. 5, 950: alvi, i.e. filth cast forth, excrements, id. 6, 1200; Col. 6, 7, 1; 12, 38, 1: foedissima ventris, Verg. A. 3, 217.

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