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.