rallus
See also: Rallus
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive form of rārus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈral.lus/, [ˈrälːʲʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈral.lus/, [ˈrälːus]
Adjective
rallus (feminine ralla, neuter rallum); first/second-declension adjective
- thin, slim
- threadbare
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | rallus | ralla | rallum | rallī | rallae | ralla | |
| Genitive | rallī | rallae | rallī | rallōrum | rallārum | rallōrum | |
| Dative | rallō | rallō | rallīs | ||||
| Accusative | rallum | rallam | rallum | rallōs | rallās | ralla | |
| Ablative | rallō | rallā | rallō | rallīs | |||
| Vocative | ralle | ralla | rallum | rallī | rallae | ralla | |
Noun
rallus m (genitive rallī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) rail (aquatic bird)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rallus | rallī |
| Genitive | rallī | rallōrum |
| Dative | rallō | rallīs |
| Accusative | rallum | rallōs |
| Ablative | rallō | rallīs |
| Vocative | ralle | rallī |
Descendants
- Galician: ralo
References
- “rallus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rallus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- rallus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette