rivora

Latin

Etymology

From rīvus (“brook, stream”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈriː.u̯o.ra/, [ˈriːu̯ɔrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈri.vo.ra/, [ˈriːvorä]

Noun

rīvora n pl (genitive rīvorōrum); second declension

1. (plural only) rivulets, drains

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	rīvora
Genitive	rīvorōrum
Dative	rīvorīs
Accusative	rīvora
Ablative	rīvorīs
Vocative	rīvora

Descendants

• Italian: rivora, ribora (archaic)
• Romanian: rîuri, râuri

References

• Michele Loporcaro, Vincenzo Faraoni, Piero Adolfo Di Pretoro, Vicende storiche della lingua di Roma, Edizioni dell’Orso, Alessandria, 2012. [1]
• “rivora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rivora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.