rivus

Latin

Alternative forms

• rivos (Early Latin)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈriː.u̯us/, [ˈriːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈri.vus/, [ˈriːvus]

Noun

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

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

• dērīvō
• rīvālis
• rīvātim
• rīvifīnālis
• rīvō
• rīvora
• rīvulus

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: arãu, rãu
  • Romanian: râu
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: rio, rivo
  • Neapolitan: rijo
  • Sicilian: rìu, rivu
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: arriu, ribu
• North Italian:
  • Venetian: rio
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: riu
  • French: ru
  • Gascon: arriu
  • Occitan: riu
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: río
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: ríu
    • Extremaduran: riu
    • Leonese: ríu
    • Mirandese: riu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: rio
    • Fala: riu
    • Galician: río
    • Portuguese: rio
  • Old Spanish:
    • Ladino: rio
    • Spanish: río
      • Papiamentu: riu
• Vulgar Latin: *rīvusculus (see there for further descendants)

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 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 326

Anagrams

• virus