Redones
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English[edit]
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Noun[edit]
Redones pl (plural only)
- (historical) A Gallic tribe dwelling in the eastern part of the Brittany peninsula during the Iron Age and subsequent Roman conquest of Gaul.
Latin[edit]
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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.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreː.do.neːs/, [ˈreːd̪ɔneːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.do.nes/, [ˈrɛːd̪ones]
Proper noun[edit]
Rēdonēs m pl (genitive Rēdonum); third declension
- 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 |
References[edit]
- Redones in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “Redones”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Ranko Matasović - Toward a relative chronology of the earliest Baltic and Slavic sound changes, University of Zagreb, 2005
- Linguistically Celtic ethnonyms: towards a classification: EN Celtic and Other Languages in Ancient Europe
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