illŭvĭes (inl-), ēi, f. [in-luo].
- I. Dirt, filth, uncleanness of the body (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: alluvies, diluvies, colluvies, proluvies; squalor, sordes, paedor): hic cruciatur fame, frigore, illuvie, imbalnitie, imperfundie, incuria, Lucil. ap. Non. 126, 2; 125, 31; Varr. ib. 34; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 54: pectus illuvie scabrum, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 12, 26: illuvie ac squalore obsitus, Tac. A. 4, 28: illuvie deformis, id. H. 4, 46: morbo illuvieque peresa vellera, Verg. G. 3, 561: oris, Dig. 21, 1, 12.
As a term of reproach: di te perdant … oboluisti allium, Germana illuvies, hircus, hara suis, you perfect beast, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 39.
- II. An overflowing, inundation (postclass.): aquarum, Just. 2, 1, 6; 2, 6, 10: placida, i. e. the water that has overflowed, Tac. A. 12, 51: imber campos lubricos fecerat, gravesque currus illuvie haerebant, in the mud, Curt. 8, 14, 4.