deluge Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. dīlŭvium (most gen. term; denoting a wide-spread inundation)2. dīlŭvies, ēi, f.3. ēlŭvio, ōnis, f.4. ĭnundātioII. Fig. • deluge: I. Lit.: 1. dīlŭvium (most gen. term; denoting a wide-spread inundation): constant storms and frequent d.s, assiduae tempestates et crebra d., Plin. Ep.: Sen. 2. dīlŭvies, ēi, f.: Hor.: Plin. 3. ēlŭvio, ōnis, f.: Cic. (twice). 4. ĭnundātio: v. inundation, flood. Phr.: to destroy mankind by a d., genus mortale sub undis perdere, Ov.: those whom the d. spared, quibus unda pepercit, Ov.: a d. of waters, agmen aquarum, Virg.: a perfect d. of water, magna vis aquae, Cic. II. Fig.: Phr.: to pour forth a d. of tears, vim lacrimarum profundere, Cic.: in such a d. of calamity, superantibus ac emergentibus malis, Liv.: he was buried beneath a perfect d. of the enemy, jacentem superfusi hostes oppresserunt, Liv. (Diluvium when used fig. denotes a sweeping desolation, as by a deluge.)