rivulus

See also: Rivulus

Latin

Alternative forms

• rīvolus

Etymology

Diminutive of rīvus (“brook; channel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈriː.wʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈriː.vu.lus]

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 noun.

	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)