Latin

Alternative forms

• rīvolus

Noun

rīvulus m ‎(genitive rīvulī); second declension

1. A small brook, rill, rivulet.
2. A small channel, small artificial watercourse; small gutter.

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• Friulian: riul
• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rivulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to draw from the fountain-head: e fontibus haurire (opp. rivulos consectari or fontes non videre)