rallus

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of rārus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rallus (feminine ralla, neuter rallum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. thin, slim
  2. threadbare

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative rallus ralla rallum rallī rallae ralla
genitive rallī rallae rallī rallōrum rallārum rallōrum
dative rallō rallae rallō rallīs
accusative rallum rallam rallum rallōs rallās ralla
ablative rallō rallā rallō rallīs
vocative ralle ralla rallum rallī rallae ralla

Noun

rallus m (genitive rallī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) rail (aquatic bird)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rallus rallī
genitive rallī rallōrum
dative rallō rallīs
accusative rallum rallōs
ablative rallō rallīs
vocative ralle rallī

Descendants

  • Galician: ralo

References

  • “rallus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rallus 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)
  • rallus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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