Rasennae

English

Etymology

From Latin Rasennae; see Rasenna for more.

Proper noun

Rasennae

1. Alternative form of Rasenna (“the Etruscans, collectively”)
   • 1922, Children of Ancient Rome, page 198:

     The soldiers could get wives across the river among the Rasennae.

Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan; see Rasenna for more.

Proper noun

Rasennae m pl (genitive Rasennārum); first declension

1. Etruscans, collectively
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Rasennae.

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Rasennae
Genitive	Rasennārum
Dative	Rasennīs
Accusative	Rasennās
Ablative	Rasennīs
Vocative	Rasennae

Further reading

• Giuliano Bonfante, Larissa Bonfante: "The Etruscan Language: An Introduction". Revised or Second Editon, Manchester University Press, 2002 (1st ed. 1983). page 51: "The Etruscans called themselves Rasenna (Dionysius Halicarnassus I.30: first century BC), or Rasna."