rivus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃riHwós, from *h₃reyH-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈriː.wus/, [ˈriː.wʊs]
Noun
rīvus m (genitive rīvī); second declension
- A small stream (of water); brook, stream.
- An artificial watercourse; channel, conduit, canal.
- A gutter.
- (figuratively, of a liquid) A stream.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rīvus | rīvī |
| Genitive | rīvī | rīvōrum |
| Dative | rīvō | rīvīs |
| Accusative | rīvum | rīvōs |
| Ablative | rīvō | rīvīs |
| Vocative | rīve | rīvī |
Descendants
- Aragonese: río
- Aromanian: arãu, rãu
- Asturian: ríu
- Catalan: riu
- Extremaduran: riu
- Fala: riu
- French: ru
- Galician: río
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: riu
- Italian: rio, rivo
- Ladino: rio
- Leonese: ríu
- Mirandese: riu
- Occitan: riu
- Old Portuguese: rio
- Papiamentu: riu
- Portuguese: rio
- Romanian: râu
- Sardinian: arriu, ribu
- Sicilian: rìu, rivu
- Spanish: río
- Venetian: rio
References
- rivus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rivus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 326
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