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Rhodanus

Rhodanus · m

The Rhone

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Rhŏdănus — Lewis & Short

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.

Where it came from

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