Raeti

Latin

Alternative forms

• Rhaetī

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly from Gaulish/Celtic *rait (“highland”), or maybe connected with Reitia, a Venetic/Italic goddess; from Venetic 𐌓𐌄𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌀 (reitia), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyd-. More at Raeti.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈrae̯.tiː/, [ˈräe̯t̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ti/, [ˈrɛːt̪i]

Proper noun

Raetī m pl (genitive Raetōrum); second declension

1. A pre-Roman tribe of the Alps

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Raetī
Genitive	Raetōrum
Dative	Raetīs
Accusative	Raetōs
Ablative	Raetīs
Vocative	Raetī

References

• “Raeti”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Raeti in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.