rivora

Latin

Etymology

From rīvus (“brook, stream”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈriː.wɔ.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈriː.vo.ra]

Noun

rīvora n pl (genitive rīvorōrum); second declension

1. (plural only) rivulets, drains

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	rīvora
genitive	rīvorōrum
dative	rīvorīs
accusative	rīvora
ablative	rīvorīs
vocative	rīvora

Descendants

• Italian: rivora, ribora (archaic)
• Romanian: rîuri, râuri

References

• Michele Loporcaro, Vincenzo Faraoni, Piero Adolfo Di Pretoro, Vicende storiche della lingua di Roma, Edizioni dell’Orso, Alessandria, 2012.
• “rivora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rivora”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.