Rhene

See also: Rhènè

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē).

Proper noun

Rhene f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – fifty-nine species of jumping spiders.

   Synonym: Rhanis (nomen ambiguum)

Hyponyms

• (genus): Rhene flavigera – type species

Further reading

• Rhene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːniː/, /ˈhɹiːniː/, [ˈɹ̥iːniː]

Proper noun

Rhene

1. (Greek mythology) Either of two nymphs:
   1. the paramour of King Oïleus of Locris and the mother of either or neither of his sons Medon and Ajax.
   2. an oread of Mount Cyllene, lover of Hermes and the mother by him of Saon of Samothrace.

Translations

nymph, paramour of Locrian king Oïleus, disputed mother by him of Medon or Ajax

• Catalan: Rene f
• French: Rhènè f
• Greek: Ρήνη (el) f (Ríni)

  Ancient: Ῥήνη f (Rhḗnē)

• Latin: Rhēnē (la) f
• Portuguese: Rene f

oread of Mouth Cyllene, lover of Hermes, mother by him of Samothracian Saon

• Catalan: Rene f
• Greek: Ρήνη (el) f (Ríni)

  Ancient: Ῥήνη f (Rhḗnē)

Further reading

• Rhene (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Rhēnēa

Etymology 1

Ancient Greek Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.neː/, [ˈreːneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ne/, [ˈrɛːne]

Proper noun

Rhēnē f sg (genitive Rhēnēs); first declension

1. an island in the Aegean Sea, one of the Cyclades, neighbouring Delos

   Synonyms: Artemītē, Celadūsa

   • c. 43 CE, Pomponius Mela, A Description of the World 2.7.11:

     at interius Melos, Olearos, Aegilia, Cothon, Ius, Thia, Thera, Gyaros, Hippuris, Donysa, Cythnos, Chalcis, Icaria, Cinara, Nisyros, Lebinthos, Calymnia, Syme. hae quia dispersae sunt Sporades, at Ceos, Sicinos, Siphnos, Seriphos, Rhenea, Paros, Myconos, Syros, Tenos, Naxos, Delos, Andros quia in orbem iacent Cyclades dictae.

   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.67:

     proxima ei [scil. Delo] Rhene, quam Anticlides Celadusam vocat, item Artemiten, Celadinen.

     • 1855 translation by John Bostock and Henry Thomas Riley^[1]

       Next to this island [scil. Delos] is Rhene, which Anticlides calls by the name of Celadussa, and Callidemus, Artemite[.]

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rhēnē
Genitive	Rhēnēs
Dative	Rhēnae
Accusative	Rhēnēn
Ablative	Rhēnē
Vocative	Rhēnē
Locative	Rhēnae

Further reading

• “Rhēnē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Rhēnē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,361/3.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.ne/, [ˈreːnɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ne/, [ˈrɛːne]

Proper noun

Rhēne m sg

1. vocative of Rhēnus