LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

rīma

rīma f (genitive rīmae)
Classical[ˈriː.ma]Ecclesiastical[ˈriː.ma]

Meaning

  1. a cleft, crack, fissure, chink
  2. vulgarthe vulva, female genitalia

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerīma
rīmula		rīmae
rīmulae
genitiverīmae
rīmulae		rīmārum
rīmulārum
dativerīmae
rīmulae		rīmīs
rīmulīs
accusativerīmam
rīmulam		rīmās
rīmulās
ablativerīmā
rīmulā		rīmīs
rīmulīs
vocativerīma
rīmula		rīmae
rīmulae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

domus rimas agit
the house walls are beginning to crack.

rīma, ae, f. for rigma, from rig, ringor; hence, that gapes, yawns,
I. a cleft, crack, chink, fissure (cf. hiatus): angusta, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29: cava, Prop. 1, 16, 27: patet, Ov. M. 11, 515; cf. hiscit, Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 108: tabernae rimas agunt, are cracked, Cic. Att. 14, 9, 1; so, rimas agere, Ov. M. 2, 211; 10, 512; and in a like sense, ducere, id. ib. 4, 65: facere, to make, id. Tr. 2, 85: explere, to stop up, Cic, Or. 69, 231; cf.: nec te signata juvabunt Limina, persuasae fallere rima sat est, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 146.—
2. = cunnus, Juv. 3, 97.— Poet.: ignea rima micans, i. e. a flash of lightning (qs. cleaving the sky), Verg. A. 8, 392; imitated by Plin. 2, 43, 43, § 112.—
II. Transf., comically: plenus rimarum sum: hac atque hac perfluo, I am full of chinks, i. e. can keep nothing to myself, conceal nothing, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 25 (opp. tacere, continere); Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 24.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *(H)reyH-meh₂, from *(H)reyH- (“to tear, cut”). Akin to Latvian riêva (“furrow, fold, cleft”) and Lithuanian rievà (“hill, chasm”).

Descendants
  • Englishrima
  • Englishrima glottidis

Quick answers

What does rīma mean in Latin?
rīma, a noun, means “a cleft, crack, fissure, chink; the vulva, female genitalia”.
What is the genitive of rīma?
The genitive singular is rīmae. rīma is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce rīma?
In classical Latin, [ˈriː.ma]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈriː.ma].