cataclysmus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood, inundation”).

cataclysmus m (genitive cataclysmī); second declension

1. deluge, flood, inundation
2. shower, douche (medical washing)

Second-declension noun.

• "cataclysmus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)