Rhodanus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥοδᾰνός (Rhodănós).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rhodanus m sg (genitive Rhodanī); second declension

  1. Rhone, Rhône (a major river in modern Switzerland and France, which flows from the Alps to the Mediterranean)
  2. (metonymic, collectively) the Gaulish tribesmen living on the banks of the Rhône

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Rhodanus
genitive Rhodanī
dative Rhodanō
accusative Rhodanum
ablative Rhodanō
vocative Rhodane
locative Rhodanī

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Aragonese: Roine
  • Catalan: Roine
  • Franco-Provençal: Rôno
  • Old French: Rone, Rosne
  • Galician: Ródano
  • Italian: Rodano
  • Occitan: Ròse
  • Portuguese: Ródano
  • Spanish: Ródano
  • → Old High German: Rotan
  • → Polish: Rodan

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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