Rhodanus

Latin

Rhodanus in Lugduno, seu Rhodanusiâ

Alternative forms

• Rodanus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥοδᾰνός (Rhodanós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈro.da.nus/, [ˈrɔd̪änʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.da.nus/, [ˈrɔːd̪änus]

Proper noun

Rhodanus m sg (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

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rhodanus
Genitive	Rhodanī
Dative	Rhodanō
Accusative	Rhodanum
Ablative	Rhodanō
Vocative	Rhodane
Locative	Rhodanī

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• Rhodanicī
• Rhodanicus
• Rhodanītis
• Rhodanūsia

Descendants

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

See also

• Rhēnus (“the Rhine”)

References

• “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)