Rhodanus

• Rodanus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥοδᾰνός (Rhodanós).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.da.nus/, [ˈrɔ.da.nʊs]

Rhodanus m (genitive Rhodanī); second declension

1. the River Rhône (a great river in Gaul, which empties into the Mediterranean)
2. (metonymically, collectively) the Gaulish tribesmen living on the banks of the Rhône

Second declension, with locative.

• (dwellers by the Rhône): Rhodanī pōtōrēs (literally “drinkers of the Rhône”)

• French: rhodanien, Rhodanien, Rhône
• Italian: Rodano

• Rhēnus (“the Rhine”)

• 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)