ravis
Esperanto
Latin
Etymology 1
Of unknown origin[1]; proposed derivations include:
- From Proto-Indo-European *rÀs- (“to shout, speak”), a root common to Lithuanian rieju (“to scream”), Latvian riet (“to bark”), Russian ра́ять (rájatʹ, “to sound”) and maybe Old English reord (“voice”).
- From Proto-Indo-European *rAwə- (“to shout, to roar”). Cognates include Latin rūmor (“noise”), Latvian rukt (“to shout”) and Ancient Greek ὠρύομαι (ōrúomai, “to howl, roar”).
- From Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”). See also Old English rarian (“to roar”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈraː.u̯is/, [ˈräːu̯ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈra.vis/, [ˈräːvis]
Usage notes
Only found in the accusative singular.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | rāvis |
| Genitive | rāvis |
| Dative | rāvī |
| Accusative | rāvim |
| Ablative | rāvī |
| Vocative | rāvis |
References
- “ravis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ravis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “ravis”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 421
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