Rhenus
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Gaulish *Reinos (Proto-Celtic *reinos), built on Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to flow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈreː.nus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.nus/,
Proper noun
Rhēnus m sg (genitive Rhēnī); second declension
- Rhine (a river).
- 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)
- Reno (a river in Italy).
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Rhēnus |
| genitive | Rhēnī |
| dative | Rhēnō |
| accusative | Rhēnum |
| ablative | Rhēnō |
| vocative | Rhēne |
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References
- “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.