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Latin
Etymology
From rīvus (“brook; channel”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
rīvālis (neuter rīvāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Of or pertaining to a brook.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
rīvālis m (genitive rīvālis); third declension
- 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).
Descendants
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.