rallus

See also: Rallus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of rārus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈral.lus/, [ˈrälːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈral.lus/, [ˈrälːus]

Adjective

rallus (feminine ralla, neuter rallum); first/second-declension adjective

1. thin, slim
2. threadbare

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rallus	ralla	rallum		rallī	rallae	ralla
Genitive	rallī	rallae	rallī		rallōrum	rallārum	rallōrum
Dative	rallō		rallō		rallīs
Accusative	rallum	rallam	rallum		rallōs	rallās	ralla
Ablative	rallō	rallā	rallō		rallīs
Vocative	ralle	ralla	rallum		rallī	rallae	ralla

Noun

rallus m (genitive rallī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) rail (aquatic bird)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rallus	rallī
Genitive	rallī	rallōrum
Dative	rallō	rallīs
Accusative	rallum	rallōs
Ablative	rallō	rallīs
Vocative	ralle	rallī

Descendants

• Galician: ralo

References

• “rallus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rallus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rallus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.