rivalis

See also: rivális

Latin

Etymology

From rīvus (“brook; channel”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /riːˈu̯aː.lis/, [riːˈu̯äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /riˈva.lis/, [riˈväːlis]

Adjective

rīvālis (neuter rīvāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a brook.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	rīvālis	rīvāle		rīvālēs	rīvālia
Genitive	rīvālis			rīvālium
Dative	rīvālī			rīvālibus
Accusative	rīvālem	rīvāle		rīvālēs rīvālīs	rīvālia
Ablative	rīvālī			rīvālibus
Vocative	rīvālis	rīvāle		rīvālēs	rīvālia

Derived terms

• rīvālicius
• rīvālitās

Related terms

• rīvātim
• rīvifīnālis
• rīvō
• rīvora
• rīvulus
• rīvus

Descendants

• Galician: Rial (toponym)

Noun

rīvālis m (genitive rīvālis); third declension

1. Someone who uses the same brook or stream as another; someone who has the same mistress as another; competitor (in love); rival.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rīvālis	rīvālēs
Genitive	rīvālis	rīvālium
Dative	rīvālī	rīvālibus
Accusative	rīvālem	rīvālēs rīvālīs
Ablative	rīvāle	rīvālibus
Vocative	rīvālis	rīvālēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: rival
• → English: rival
• → French: rival
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: rival
• → Hungarian: rivális
• → Spanish: rival

References

• “rivalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rivalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rivalis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rivalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.