Rhodanus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Rodanus === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥοδᾰνός (Rhodănós). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈrʰɔ.da.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɔː.da.nus] === Proper noun === Rhodanus m sg (genitive Rhodanī); second declension Rhone, Rhône (a major river in modern Switzerland and France, which flows from the Alps to the Mediterranean) (metonymic, collectively) the Gaulish tribesmen living on the banks of the Rhône ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Synonyms ==== (dwellers by the Rhône): Rhodanī pōtōrēs (literally “drinkers of the Rhône”) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === 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)