Rhodanus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Rhŏdănus, i, m.

I The Rhone , a river in Gaul , Mel. 2, 5, 4 sq.; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 33; Sil. 3, 446 sq.; Varr. ap. Gell. 10, 7, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3; 10, 11, 2; Ov. M. 2, 258; Liv. 21, 26: Rhodani potor, a dweller by the Rhone , Hor. C. 2, 20, 20 et saep.—Hence,

1 RHODANICI NAVTAE, sailors or boatmen on the Rhone , Inscr. Orell. 809; 4110; in sing., id. ib. 4223. —

2 Rhŏdănītis , ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to the Rhone : urbes, situated upon the Rhone , Sid. Ep. Carm. 9, 13 fin.

3 Rhŏdănū-sĭa , ae, f., the Rhone City , Lugdunum, now Lyons , Sid. Ep. 1, 5 init.

II Meton., the dwellers by the Rhone , the Gauls : Rheno Rhodanoque subactis, Luc. 5, 268.

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