Rhodanus

Rhodanus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek Ῥοδᾰνός (Rhodănós)bor.
Latin Rhodanus

    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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