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Rhenus

From LSJ

L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

Latin > English

Rhenus Rheni N M :: Rhine; (river dividing Gaul and Germany - in Caesar's Gallic War)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Rhēnus: i, m.
I The Rhine, the river which divided Gaul from Germany, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 4, 10; 4, 17; 6, 9; Tac. G. 1; id. A. 1, 63; 2, 6; Mel. 3, 2 sq.; Plin. 4, 14, 28, § 100; Cic. Pis. 33, 81; Verg. A. 8, 727; id. E. 10, 47; Hor. S. 1, 10, 37; id. A. P. 18; Ov. M. 2, 258; id. P. 3, 4, 88.—Hence, Rhē-nānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Rhine, Rhenish: terrae, Sid. Ep. 4, 17 (but in Mart. 9, 35, 4, Rhenigenam is the better reading).—;
   2    Meton., the dwellers on the Rhine, the Germans, Ov. F. 1, 286; id. P. 3, 4, 88; Luc. 5, 268; Stat. S. 1, 4, 89; hence, plur.: ingentes locat Rhenos, Pers. 6, 47.—
II A small river in Italy tributary to the Po, now the Reno, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 118; Sil. 8, 599.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Rhēnus,⁹ ī, m., le Rhin [grand fleuve entre la Gaule et la Germanie] : Cæs. G. 1, 1, 5 || le petit Rhin, rivière d’Italie sur le territoire de Bologne : Plin. 3, 118. || -nānus, a, um, du Rhin, rhénan : Sid. Ep. 4, 17.

Latin > German (Georges)

Rhēnus, ī, m., I) der Rhein, der bekannte Fluß in Germanien, Caes. b. G. 1, 1, 3 u. 4, 10, 3. Tac. Germ. 1: Rhenus spumans, Ven. Fort. carm. 10, 9, 48: poet. adjekt., flumen Rhenum, der Rheinstrom, des Rheines Flut, Hor. de art. poët. 18 (vgl. Prisc. 5, 43). – bei Dichtern meton. = die Anwohner des Rheins, die Germanen, Ov. fast. 1, 286; ex Pont. 3, 4, 88. Lucan. 5, 268. Stat. silv. 1, 4, 89: u. so Plur., ingentes locat Rhenos, Pers. 6, 47. – Dav. Rhēnānus, a, um, zum Rhein gehörig, rhenanisch, rheinisch, Rhein-, terrae, Sidon. epist. 4, 17, 2. – / Mart. 9, 35, 4 Schneidewin Rhenigenam. – II) kleiner Fluß in Italien, bei Bologna, der in den Po fällt, j. Reno, Plin. 3, 118 u.a. Sil. 8, 599.