rivulus

rīvŭlus, i, m. dim. [rivus], a small brook, a rill, rivulet.

• I Lit.: Almonis, Prud. στεφ. 10, 160; Vulg. Job, 20, 17: aquarum, id. Cant. 5, 12.—
• II 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).

rīvulus, ī, m. (Demin. v. rivus), das kleine Gerinne, I) eig. u. übtr.: a) der kleine Bach, das Bächlein (ital. rivolo), r. tenuis, Varro r. r. 3, 5, 11: r. quidam serpens leniter, Apul. met. 4, 4: r. proximus, ibid. 4, 23: r. Almonis, Prud. perist. 10, 160: rivuli aquarum, Vulg. cant. 5, 12: rivuli fluminum, Vulg. Iob 20, 17: fons rivulis pluribus dispersus, Apul. met. 4, 6: interloquentibus rivulis, Itin. Alex. 20 (51): ut sudor ex ea (manu) rivulo laberetur, Apul. flor. 9. – b) der Kanal, Gang, si plures se quasi rivuli (fistulae) ostendunt, Cels. 7, 4, 1: eius (urnulae) orificium non altiuscule levatum in canalem porrectum longo rivulo prominebat, Apul. met. 11, 11. – II) bildl., Cic. de or. 2, 117 u.a.: Ggstz. fons, Cic. Acad. 1, 8 u.a.

rivulus, ~olus [CL] 1 small stream, watercourse; b (issuing from spring); c (as tributary); d (of mill stream). e (without dim. force ) river; f (as source of drinking water). per obstrusis cavernarum ~ulis [v. l. ~olis] Theod. Laterc. 1; c790 (12c) circa ribulum [v. l. rivulum] qui dicitur Fiscesburna CS 265; ~ulus, lytel riþ Ælf. Sup. 178; precipe, ait, hauriri stagnum per ~ulos G. Mon. VI 19; ‥ aquam plurium brachiorum: dum aliquod horum obstruebatur, infiniti succedebant ~uli Bern. Comm. Aen. 71; 1486 prout jacet in ‥ aquis, stagnis, ~olis, pratis ExchScot 386; hic ~ulus, a bek ‥ hic ~ulus, a lake WW.  b per has [sc. cardinal virtues] postremo ascenditur ad sapientiam quasi per ~ulos ad fontem Ailr. Serm. 22. 451D; nec ‥ est quod ~ulus fonti, stilla mari, atomus monti ‥ valeat coequari H. Bos. LM 1339D; tanquam a fonte ~ulus ‥ emanat Gir. TH I 13.  c montanus torrens crebris tempestatum ~ulis auctus Gildas EB 17; ille ~ulus descendit usque in rivulum de Drumgran Reg. Paisley 23.  d 1309 positus juxta parvum ~ulum molendini ‥ ac si fuisset submersus in rivello illo (AssizeR) S. Jers. XVIII 329; 1420 situm est ‥ inter ‥ communem ~olum exeuntem de molendino Reg. Exon. 88.  e 1491 [naves] per ‥ piratas extra aquam et rivolum de Forth ‥ spoliate fuerunt RMS Scot 429a.  f cellarius ipse ‥ de ~ulo monasterii aquam hauriens (Ruadanus 14) VSH II 245. 2 flow of other liquid: a (tears); b (molten metal). a crebris lacrimarum ~ulis maestas genas rigavit Felix Guthl. 50; statim precibus impletis tersisque ocellis e lacrymarum ~ulis B. V. Dunst. 14.  b s1288 currebant ‥ ~uli argenti et auri et metallorum fusilium Rish. 117. 3 (fig.); b (w. dim. force emphasized). non ‥ in viscerato medullitus fervore venarum ~ulos sugentes gustant divinitatis V. Greg. p. 79; ex his duobus coenosis ~ulis omnis haereticorum pravitas emanavit Alcuin Dogm. 130A; scientie valde potatus ~ulis F. Malm. V. Aldh. 66C; lingua et labia ac si quidam argenteus canalis sunt, per quem de cordis fonte ~uli lactis et mellis erumpunt G. Hoyland Serm. 180A; esto ~ulus ut te semper a fonte [sc. Spiritus Sancti] derivari recorderis J. Ford Serm. 19. 3; sic omnes ~ulos argumentorum suorum ex dictis philosophorum trahebant Gascoigne Loci 28.  b c793 cur et vestrae flumina sapientiae nostrae ~ulos intellegentiae respuere debent Alcuin Ep. 74; per amena virtutum ipsius prata stylo nostro effodiente, nequaquam nunc rivus, sed nec etiam ~ulus ducendus est H. Bos. Thom. III 21.

rīvŭlus, (16) ī, m. (rivus), petit ruisseau, filet dʼeau : Prud. Perist. 10, 160 || [fig.] Cic. Rep. 2, 34 ; de Or. 2, 117 ; Ac. 1, 8.

rīvulus or rīvolus ī, m dim.

• rivus, a small brook, petty stream, rill, rivulet.—Fig.: non tenuis artium: rivulos consectari, fontīs rerum non videre.