rivulus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Diminutive of rīvus (“brook; channel”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈriː.wu.lus/, [ˈriː.wʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

rīvulus m (genitive rīvulī); second declension

  1. A small brook, rill, rivulet.
  2. A small channel, small artificial watercourse; small gutter.

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rīvulus rīvulī
Genitive rīvulī rīvulōrum
Dative rīvulō rīvulīs
Accusative rīvulum rīvulōs
Ablative rīvulō rīvulīs
Vocative rīvule rīvulī

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)
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