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ravus
ravus
Latin
Etymology
Probably a Germanic loanword, perhaps via Sabellic, of non-IE origin, compare Old English græg.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈraː.wus/, [ˈraː.wʊs]
Adjective
rāvus m (feminine rāva, neuter rāvum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | rāvus | rāva | rāvum | rāvī | rāvae | rāva | |
| genitive | rāvī | rāvae | rāvī | rāvōrum | rāvārum | rāvōrum | |
| dative | rāvō | rāvō | rāvīs | ||||
| accusative | rāvum | rāvam | rāvum | rāvōs | rāvās | rāva | |
| ablative | rāvō | rāvā | rāvō | rāvīs | |||
| vocative | rāve | rāva | rāvum | rāvī | rāvae | rāva | |
References
- ravus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ravus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- RAVUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ravus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Related terms
- grāvāstellus (“old man”)