rivus

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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.