rivus

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Latin rivos, from Proto-Italic *rīwos (stream), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃riH-wó-s (whirling), from *h₃reyH- (to stream, churn).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rīvus m (genitive rīvī); second declension

  1. A small stream (of water); brook, stream, rivulet
  2. An artificial watercourse; channel, conduit, canal.
  3. A gutter.
  4. (figuratively, of a liquid) A stream.

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rīvus rīvī
Genitive rīvī rīvōrum
Dative rīvō rīvīs
Accusative rīvum rīvōs
Ablative rīvō rīvīs
Vocative rīve rīvī

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: arãu, rãu
    • Romanian: râu
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: río
    • Old Leonese:
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: rio
    • Old Spanish:
  • Vulgar Latin: *rīvusculus (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 524-5

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