rivulus
Latin
Alternative forms
- rīvolus
Etymology
Diminutive of rīvus (“brook; channel”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈriː.u̯u.lus/, [ˈriːu̯ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈri.vu.lus/, [ˈriːvulus]
Noun
rīvulus m (genitive rīvulī); second declension
- A small brook, rill, rivulet.
- A small channel, small artificial watercourse; small gutter.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rīvulus | rīvulī |
Genitive | rīvulī | rīvulōrum |
Dative | rīvulō | rīvulīs |
Accusative | rīvulum | rīvulōs |
Ablative | rīvulō | rīvulīs |
Vocative | rīvule | rīvulī |
Related terms
- rīvālicius
- rīvālis
- rīvālitās
- rīvātim
- rīvifīnālis
- rīvō
- rīvora
- rīvus
Descendants
- Friulian: riul
- Galician: Rilo, Rinlo(place names)
- Italian: rivolo
References
- “rivulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rivulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rivulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to draw from the fountain-head: e fontibus haurire (opp. rivulos consectari or fontes non videre)
- to draw from the fountain-head: e fontibus haurire (opp. rivulos consectari or fontes non videre)