Rhene
See also: Rhènè
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē).
Proper noun
Rhene f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – fifty-nine species of jumping spiders.
- Synonym: Rhanis (nomen ambiguum)
Hyponyms
- (genus): Rhene flavigera – type species
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹiːniː/, /ˈhɹiːniː/, [ˈɹ̥iːniː]
Proper noun
Rhene
Translations
nymph, paramour of Locrian king Oïleus, disputed mother by him of Medon or Ajax
Further reading
- Rhene (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Alternative forms
- Rhēnēa
Etymology 1
Ancient Greek Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreː.neː/, [ˈreːneː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.ne/, [ˈrɛːne]
Proper noun
Rhēnē f sg (genitive Rhēnēs); first declension
- an island in the Aegean Sea, one of the Cyclades, neighbouring Delos
- Synonyms: Artemītē, Celadūsa
- c. 43 CE, Pomponius Mela, A Description of the World 2.7.11:
- at interius Melos, Olearos, Aegilia, Cothon, Ius, Thia, Thera, Gyaros, Hippuris, Donysa, Cythnos, Chalcis, Icaria, Cinara, Nisyros, Lebinthos, Calymnia, Syme. hae quia dispersae sunt Sporades, at Ceos, Sicinos, Siphnos, Seriphos, Rhenea, Paros, Myconos, Syros, Tenos, Naxos, Delos, Andros quia in orbem iacent Cyclades dictae.
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.67:
- proxima ei [scil. Delo] Rhene, quam Anticlides Celadusam vocat, item Artemiten, Celadinen.
- 1855 translation by John Bostock and Henry Thomas Riley
- Next to this island [scil. Delos] is Rhene, which Anticlides calls by the name of Celadussa, and Callidemus, Artemite[.]
- 1855 translation by John Bostock and Henry Thomas Riley
- proxima ei [scil. Delo] Rhene, quam Anticlides Celadusam vocat, item Artemiten, Celadinen.
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Rhēnē |
Genitive | Rhēnēs |
Dative | Rhēnae |
Accusative | Rhēnēn |
Ablative | Rhēnē |
Vocative | Rhēnē |
Locative | Rhēnae |
Further reading
- “Rhēnē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Rhēnē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,361/3.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreː.ne/, [ˈreːnɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.ne/, [ˈrɛːne]
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