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1 amniculus
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2 rīvulus or rīvolus
rīvulus or rīvolus ī, m dim. [rivus], a small brook, petty stream, rill, rivulet.—Fig.: non tenuis artium: rivulos consectari, fontīs rerum non videre. -
3 rivulus
rivulet, rill, small brook -
4 rivulus
I.Lit.: Almonis, Prud. steph. 10, 160; Vulg. Job, 20, 17:II.aquarum,
id. Cant. 5, 12.—Trop. (only in Cic., who, on the other hand, uses rivus in the lit. sense):influxit non tenuis quidam e Graeciā rivulus in hanc urbem, sed abundantissimus amnis illarum disciplinarum et artium,
Cic. Rep. 2, 19, 34:rivulos consectari, fontes rerum non videre,
id. de Or. 2, 27, 117; so (opp. fontes) id. Ac. 1, 2, 8; id. Cael. 8, 19 (but the correct read. is ramuli, Cels. 7, 4, 1). -
5 rīvus
rīvus ī, m [RI-], a small stream, brook: Purae aquae, H.: rivis, qui ad mare pertinebant, etc., Cs.: laudo ruris amoeni Rivos, H.: celeres, H.— Prov.: e rivo flumma magna facis, i. e. make a mountain of a mole-hill, O.— An artificial watercourse, canal, ditch, conduit: rivos deducere (for irrigation), V.: rivos ducere lenis aquae, O.— A stream: lactis uberes, H.: sanguinis rivi, L.: sudoris, V.: lacrimarum, O.—Fig., a stream, course: liquidus fortunae rivus, H.* * * -
6 amniculus
amnĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [amnis], a small river, rivulet, brook, Liv. 36, 22 fin. -
7 rivus
rīvus, i, m. [root ri- (li-), to flow, drop; Gr. limnê;cf. liris; Sanscr. rīna, flowing; cf. ripa], a small stream of water, a brook (cf.: fluvius, amnis).I.Lit.: rivus est locus per longitudinem depressus, quo aqua decurrat, cui nomen est apo tou rhein, Dig. 43, 21 (de rivis), 1:B.rivorum a fonte deductio,
Cic. Top. 8, 33:prostrati in gramine molli Propter aquae rivum,
by a waterbrook, Lucr. 2, 30; so,aquae,
id. 5, 1392; Hor. C. 3, 16, 29; cf. Inscr. Orell. 51:omnia flumina atque omnes rivos, qui ad mare pertinebant, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 3, 49; 3, 37; cf. 3, 88 fin.; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 7:pronus,
id. ib. 1, 10, 21; id. C. 1, 29, 11:mobiles,
id. ib. 1, 7, 14; cf.celeres,
id. ib. 3, 11, 14:gelidi,
id. ib. 3, 13, 7; id. Ep. 1, 18, 104:claudite jam rivos,
Verg. E. 3, 111:tenuis fugiens per gramina rivus,
id. G. 4, 19.—Prov.: e rivo flumina magna facere, to magnify an insignificant object; or, as we say, to make a mountain of a mole-hill, Ov. P. 2, 5, 22.—Transf.1. b.A gutter, Vitr. 8, 6 (7), 1 al.—2.Of other liquids, a stream, etc. (mostly poet.):II.manabat venis ferventibus argenti rivus et auri,
Lucr. 5, 1256:lactis uberes,
Hor. C. 2, 19, 11:sanguinis,
Verg. A. 11, 668; Liv. 26, 23; Curt. 4, 9, 13:sudoris,
Verg. A. 5, 200:lacrimarum,
Ov. M. 9, 655:ignium,
Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 236:rivis currentia vina,
Verg. G. 1, 132.—Trop., a stream (very rare;v. rivulus, II.): liquidus fortunae rivus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 9: facundiae rivus, Lact. Opif. Dei, 20 fin.
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