Rhenus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Gaulish *Rēnos (Proto-Celtic *rēnos), built on Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to flow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreː.nus/, [ˈreːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.nus/, [ˈrɛːnus]
Proper noun[edit]
Rhēnus m sg (genitive Rhēnī); second declension
- The river Rhine.
- Tacitus, Gemanica, chapter 1 (Oxford revised translation)
- Germania omnis a Gallis Rhaetisque et Pannoniis Rheno et Danubio fluminibus.
- Germany is separated from Gaul, Rhaetia, and Pannonia, by the rivers Rhine and Danube.
- Germania omnis a Gallis Rhaetisque et Pannoniis Rheno et Danubio fluminibus.
- Tacitus, Gemanica, chapter 1 (Oxford revised translation)
- The river Reno in Italy.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Rhēnus |
Genitive | Rhēnī |
Dative | Rhēnō |
Accusative | Rhēnum |
Ablative | Rhēnō |
Vocative | Rhēne |
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References[edit]
- “Rhenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Rhenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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