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rīvālis , e, adj. rivus.
I. Of or belonging to a brook, brook-: “alecula,” Col. 8, 15, 6. — Hence,
II. Subst.: rīvāles , ium, m., those who have or use the same brook, neighbors.
A. Lit.: “si inter rivales, id est qui per eundem rivum aquam ducunt, sit contentio de aquae usu,” Dig. 43, 20, 1, § 26; 43, 20, 3, § 5; Gell. 14, 1, 4.—
B. Trop.: rī-vālis , is, m., one who has the same mistress as another; a competitor in love, a rival: eadem est amica ambobus; plur.: “rivales sumus,” Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 30; 5, 4, 47; id. Bacch. Grex 4; Cat. 57, 9.—Sing., Naev. ap. Charis. p. 214 P. (Com. Rel. p. 10 Rib.); Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 37; 2, 3, 63: “militem ego rivalem recipiendum censeo,” id. ib. 5, 8, 42; Ov. Am. 2, 19, 60; id. A. A. 2, 539; Suet. Oth. 3 al.— Abl.: “rivale,” Ov. R. Am. 791.— “Of animals,” Col. 7, 3, 4.—
b. Prov.: se amare sine rivali, to be fond of one's self without a rival, i. e. to be alone in esteeming one's self: “o di, quam ineptus! quam se ipse amans sine rivali!” Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 5; so, “sine rivali te et tua solus amares,” Hor. A. P. 444.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 3.8.5
    • Plautus, Stichus, 3.1
    • Suetonius, Otho, 3
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 444
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 5.2
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 14.1.4
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.3.4
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.15.6
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