Redones

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Noun[edit]

Redones pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) A Gallic tribe dwelling in the eastern part of the Brittany peninsula during the Iron Age and subsequent Roman conquest of Gaul.

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Etymology[edit]

Also seen as Ancient Greek Ῥήδονες (Rhḗdones), Ῥηΐδονες (Rhēḯdones); the name means "those who use chariots" or "those who ride well," from Gaulish *reda (chariot), from Proto-Celtic *rēdo- (to ride; riding, chariot), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)reydʰ- (to ride). Cognate with modern Welsh gorwydd.

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Proper noun[edit]

Rēdonēs m pl (genitive Rēdonum); third declension

  1. A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Condate

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Rēdonēs
Genitive Rēdonum
Dative Rēdonibus
Accusative Rēdonēs
Ablative Rēdonibus
Vocative Rēdonēs

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