Rhodanus

Latin

Rhodanus in Lugduno, seu Rhodanusiâ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥοδᾰνός (Rhodanós).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈro.da.nus/, [ˈrɔ.da.nʊs]

Proper noun

Rhodanus m (genitive Rhodanī); second declension

  1. the River Rhône (a great river in Gaul, which empties into the Mediterranean)
  2. (metonymically, collectively) the Gaulish tribesmen living on the banks of the Rhône

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Rhodanus
Genitive Rhodanī
Dative Rhodanō
Accusative Rhodanum
Ablative Rhodanō
Vocative Rhodane
Locative Rhodanī

Synonyms

Descendants

See also

References

  • RHO´DANUS in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Rhŏdănus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Rhŏdănus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,362/3
  • Rhodanus” on page 1,652/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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