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 A small brook, rill, rivulet. A small channel, small artificial watercourse; small gutter. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.