Rotala

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, thus likely a borrowing from Old Norse.

Proper noun[edit]

Rotala f sg (genitive Rotalae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

  1. A town in Northern Europe, in the Baltic region, mentioned by Saxo Grammaticus as a settlement of the Ruteni, perhaps to be identified with modern Ridala, Estonia

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Rotala
Genitive Rotalae
Dative Rotalae
Accusative Rotalam
Ablative Rotalā
Vocative Rotala