Ruteni

See also: ruteni

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Transalpine Gaulish; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ruti-, from *h₂rew- (“to shine”) and cognate to Latin rutilus (see for details).[1]

Alternative forms

  • Rutheni
  • rutheni (letter case)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rutēnī m pl (genitive Rutēnōrum); second declension

  1. an ancient people of Aquitanian Gaul, now Rodez
Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Rutēnī
genitive Rutēnōrum
dative Rutēnīs
accusative Rutēnōs
ablative Rutēnīs
vocative Rutēnī

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old East Slavic роуси́нъ (rusínŭ).

Alternative forms

  • Rutheni, Rhuteni
  • ruteni, rutheni, rhuteni (letter case)

Proper noun

Rūtēnī m pl (genitive Rūtēnōrum); second declension

  1. a tribe of Ruscia (likely the Baltic region) mentioned by Saxo Grammaticus
Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Rūtēnī
genitive Rūtēnōrum
dative Rūtēnīs
accusative Rūtēnōs
ablative Rūtēnīs
vocative Rūtēnī
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Б. М. Проспер, B. M. Prósper (2019) “Language Change at the Crossroads: What Celtic, What Venetic, and What Else in the Personal Names of Emona?”, in Вопросы ономастики. 2019. Том 16. № 4‎[1], volume 16, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 33–73

Further reading

  • “Ruteni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ruteni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Ruteni”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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