Rhenus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *Rēnos (Proto-Celtic *Reinos), built on Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreː.nus/, [ˈreː.nʊs]

Proper noun

Rhēnus m (genitive Rhēnī); second declension

  1. 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.
  2. The river Reno in Italy

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Rhēnus
Genitive Rhēnī
Dative Rhēnō
Accusative Rhēnum
Ablative Rhēnō
Vocative Rhēne

Derived terms

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
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