rallus

See also: Rallus

Latin

Etymology

Contraction of rārulus, from rārus +‎ -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

rāllus (feminine rālla, neuter rāllum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. thin; slim
  2. threadbare

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative rāllus rālla rāllum rāllī rāllae rālla
genitive rāllī rāllae rāllī rāllōrum rāllārum rāllōrum
dative rāllō rāllae rāllō rāllīs
accusative rāllum rāllam rāllum rāllōs rāllās rālla
ablative rāllō rāllā rāllō rāllīs
vocative rālle rālla rāllum rāllī rāllae rālla

Noun

rāllus m (genitive rāllī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) rail (aquatic bird)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Galician: ralo

References

  • rallus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rallus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • "rallus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)