Raeti

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly from Gaulish/Celtic *rait (“highland”),[1] or maybe connected with Reitia, a Venetic/Italic goddess; from Venetic 𐌓𐌄𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌀 (reitia), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyd-.[2][3] More at Raeti.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Raetī m pl (genitive Raetōrum); second declension

  1. A pre-Roman tribe of the Alps

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Raetī
genitive Raetōrum
dative Raetīs
accusative Raetōs
ablative Raetīs
vocative Raetī

References

  • “Raeti”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Raeti in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. ^ Zavaroni, Adolfo (2001): Le Iscrizioni Retiche ("Raetic Inscriptions")
  3. ^ Marcel Detienne, The writing of Orpheus: Greek myth in cultural context (Johns Hopkins, 2002
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