Rhamnus

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Ῥαμνοῦς, -οῦντος, ὁ.

of Rhamnus, adj.: Ῥαμνούσιος.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Rhamnūs: untis, f., = Ῥαμνοῦς,>
I the northernmost town of Attica, famed for an ancient temple of Themis, and in later times for a statue of Nemesis, the mod. Ovriokastro, Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 24; 36, 5, 4, § 17; Luc. 5, 233.— Hence,
   1    Rhamnūsĭus, a, um, adj., Rhamnusian Rhamnusium se aiebat esse, from Rhamnus, Ter. And. 5, 4, 27: Antiphon, Cic. Brut. 12, 47: virgo, i. e. Nemesis, Cat. 66, 71; also called dea, Claud. B. Get. 631; and simply Rhamnūsia, ae, f., Ov. M. 3, 406; id. Tr. 5, 8, 9; Stat S. 3, 5, 5. —
   2    Rhamnūsis, ĭdis, f., the Rhamnusian goddess, i. e. Nemesis, Ov. M. 14, 694.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Rhamnūs, ūntis, m. (Ῥαμνοῦς), Rhamnonte
1 bourg de l’Attique, célèbre par le culte de Némésis : Plin. 4, 24
2 port de Crète : Plin. 4, 59.

Latin > German (Georges)

Rhamnūs, ūntis, Akk. ūnta, f. (Ῥαμνοῦς), der nördlichste Flecken in Attika, berühmt wegen des alten Tempels u. der Statue der Göttin Nemesis, Val. Max. 1, 8, 10. Plin. 4, 24 u. 36, 17. Lucan. 5, 233. Donat. Ter. Andr. 5, 4, 27. – Dav.: A) Rhamnūsis, idis, f. (Ῥαμνουσίς), die Rhamnusische, d.i. die Göttin Nemesis, Ov. – B) Rhamnūsius, a, um (Ῥαμνούσιος), rhamnusisch, aus Rhamnus, Ter. – bes. als Beiname der Nemesis, Rh. virgo, Catull.: sies. bl. Rhamnusia, Ov.

Wikipedia EN

Rhamnous (Ancient Greek: Ῥαμνοῦς, romanized: Rhamnoûs; Modern Greek: Ραμνούς, romanized: Ramnoús), also Ramnous or Rhamnus, was an ancient Greek city in Attica situated on the coast, overlooking the Euboean Strait. Its ruins lie northwest of the modern town of Agia Marina in the municipality of Marathon.

The site was best known in antiquity for its sanctuary of Nemesis, the implacable avenging goddess, her most important in ancient Greece.

Rhamnous is the best-preserved Attic deme site. It was strategically significant on the sea routes and was fortified with an Athenian garrison of ephebes (young men). A fortified acropolis dominates the two small harbours located on either side of it which have silted up extensively since antiquity, and into which grain was imported for Athens during the Peloponnesian War.

It derived its name from Buckthorn, a thick prickly shrub, which still grows upon the site.

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Rhamnus or Rhamnous (Ancient Greek: Ῥαμνοῦς) was a harbour on the west coast of ancient Crete near the promontory Chersonesus. Pliny the Elder, on the contrary, places it in the interior of the island. The site of Rhamnus is located at Ormos Stomiou.