Ruteni

See also: ruteni

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Transalpine Gaulish; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ruti-, from *h₂rew- (“to shine”) and cognate to Latin rutilus (see for details).

Alternative forms

• Rutheni
• rutheni (letter case)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ruˈteː.niː/, [rʊˈt̪eːniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ruˈte.ni/, [ruˈt̪ɛːni]

Proper noun

Rutēnī m pl (genitive Rutēnōrum); second declension

1. an ancient people of Aquitanian Gaul, now Rodez

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Rutēnī
Genitive	Rutēnōrum
Dative	Rutēnīs
Accusative	Rutēnōs
Ablative	Rutēnīs
Vocative	Rutēnī

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old East Slavic роуси́нъ (rusínŭ).

Alternative forms

• Rutheni, Rhuteni
• ruteni, rutheni, rhuteni (letter case)

Proper noun

Rūtēnī m pl (genitive Rūtēnōrum); second declension

1. a tribe of Ruscia (likely the Baltic region) mentioned by Saxo Grammaticus

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Rūtēnī
Genitive	Rūtēnōrum
Dative	Rūtēnīs
Accusative	Rūtēnōs
Ablative	Rūtēnīs
Vocative	Rūtēnī

Derived terms

• Rūt(h)ēnia
• rūt(h)ēnicus

Further reading

• “Ruteni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ruteni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ruteni”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly