Latin

Rhodanus in Lugduno, seu Rhodanusiâ

Alternative forms

• Rodanus

Proper noun

Rhodanus m ‎(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, with locative.

Synonyms

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

Related terms

See also

• Rhēnus ‎(“the Rhine”)

Descendants

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

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Rhŏdănus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,362/3.
• “Rhodanus” on page 1,652/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)