Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹiːniː/, /ˈhɹiːniː/, [ˈɹ̥iːniː]
Proper noun
Rhene
- (Greek mythology) Either of two nymphs:
- the paramour of King Oïleus of Locris and the mother of either or neither of his sons Medon and Ajax.
- an oread of Mount Cyllene, lover of Hermes and the mother by him of Saon of Samothrace.
Translations
nymph, paramour of Locrian king Oïleus, disputed mother by him of Medon or Ajax
oread of Mouth Cyllene, lover of Hermes, mother by him of Samothracian Saon
Etymology 1
Ancient Greek Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē)
Proper noun
Rhēnē f sg (genitive Rhēnēs); first declension
- 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.
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
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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.