rivus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === rīvos (Old Latin) rīus (Late Latin) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Latin rīvos, from Proto-Italic *rīwos (“stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃riH-wó-s (“whirling”), from the root *h₃reyH- (“to stream, churn”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈriː.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈriː.vus] === Noun === rīvus m (genitive rīvī); second declension a small stream (of water); brook, stream, rivulet Near-synonyms: flūmen, fluvius, amnis an artificial watercourse; channel, conduit, canal a gutter (figuratively) (of a liquid) a stream ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “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