Reate

Latin

Etymology

Possibly ultimately via Proto-Italic *reiā-te- from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈaː.te/, [reˈäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈa.te/, [reˈäːt̪e]

Proper noun

Reāte n sg (genitive Reātis); third declension

1. an ancient city of the Sabines situated near the course of the Velinus river, now the town of Rieti

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, parisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Reāte
Genitive	Reātis
Dative	Reātī
Accusative	Reāte
Ablative	Reāte
Vocative	Reāte
Locative	Reātī Reāte

Derived terms

• Reātīnus

Descendants

• Italian: Rieti

References

• Reate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Reate”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly