Rhene

See also: Rhènè

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē).

Proper noun

Rhene f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – fifty-nine species of jumping spiders.
    Synonym: Rhanis (nomen ambiguum)

Hyponyms

Further reading

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹiːniː/, /ˈhɹiːniː/, [ˈɹ̥iːniː]

Proper noun

Rhene

  1. (Greek mythology) Either of two nymphs:
    1. the paramour of King Oïleus of Locris and the mother of either or neither of his sons Medon and Ajax.
    2. an oread of Mount Cyllene, lover of Hermes and the mother by him of Saon of Samothrace.

Translations

Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Rhēnēa

Etymology 1

Ancient Greek Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rhēnē f sg (genitive Rhēnēs); first declension

  1. 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[.]
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

Proper noun

Rhēne m sg

  1. vocative of Rhēnus
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