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proper noun · masculinesecond declension

Rhēnus

Rhēnus m sg (genitive Rhēnī)
Classical[ˈrʰeː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.nus]

Meaning

  1. Rhine (a river)
    Germania omnis a Gallis Rhaetisque et Pannoniis Rheno et Danubio fluminibus.Germany is separated from Gaul, Rhaetia, and Pannonia, by the rivers Rhine and Danube.Tacitus, Gemanica, chapter 1 (Oxford revised translation)
  2. Reno (a river in Italy)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeRhēnus—
genitiveRhēnī—
dativeRhēnō—
accusativeRhēnum—
ablativeRhēnō—
vocativeRhēne—

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

haec gens pertinet usque ad Rhenum
the territory of this race extends as far as the Rhine.
Rhenus oritur or profluit ex Alpibus
the Rhine rises in the Alps.

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.

Origins

Borrowed from Gaulish *Rēnos (Proto-Celtic *reinos), built on Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to flow”).

Descendants
  • ItalianReno
  • CatalanRenfrom Old Occitan Ren
  • OccitanRenfrom Old Occitan Ren
  • PolishRen
  • RomanshRain
  • RomanshRagn
  • RomanshRein

In English words that came into English from Rhēnus

  • rheniumRhēnus
  • transrhenaneRhēnus

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyRhenusRhenus (Ῥῆνος), one of the largest rivers in Europe, is not so long as the Danube, but as a commercial channel it is the first of European rivers, and…GeographyRhenusRhenus (Reno), a river of Gallia Cispadana, and one of the southern tributaries of the Padus. (Plin. Nat. 3.16. s. 20.) It flowed within about a mile …

Quick answers

What does Rhēnus mean in Latin?
Rhēnus, a proper noun, means “Rhine (a river); Reno (a river in Italy)”.
What is the genitive of Rhēnus?
The genitive singular is Rhēnī. Rhēnus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce Rhēnus?
In classical Latin, [ˈrʰeː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈrɛː.nus].