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raeda or rēda (falsely written rhē-da), ae, f. [prob. Celtic: plurima Gallica valuerunt ut raeda ac petorritum, Quint. 1, 5, 57; cf. id. 1, 5, 68], a travelling-carriage or wagon with four wheels, Varr. ap. Non. 167, 25; 451, 17; Caes. B. G. 1, 51, 2; 6, 30, 2; Cic. Mil. 10, 28; id. Phil. 2, 24, 58; id. Att. 5, 17, 1; 6, 1, 25; Hor. S. 1, 5, 86; 2, 6, 42; Juv. 3, 10.

Raeti (Rhaeti), ōrum, m., the Rætians, a mountain people north of the Po, between the Danube, the Rhine, and the Lech, Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 133; 3, 19, 23, § 130; Liv. 5, 33 fin.; Just. 20, 5, 9; Tac. H. 1, 68; 3, 5; 53; Hor. C. 4, 14, 15 al.
Hence,

    1. 1. Raetia (Rhaetia), ae, f., the country of the Ræti, Rætia, Tac. A. 1, 44; id. H. 2, 98; 3, 5 et saep.
    2. 2. Raetĭcus (Rhaetĭcus), a, um, adj., Rætian: oppida, Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130: Alpes, Tac. G. 1: bellum, Suet. Tib. 9: arma, Ov. Tr. 2, 226: copiae, Tac. H. 1, 59 fin.: vinum (of excellent quality), Verg. G. 2, 96; Col. 3, 2, 27; Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; 14, 6, 8, § 67; Suet. Aug. 77; Mart. 14, 100 al.
    3. 3. Raetius, a, um, adj., Rætian: provincia, Tac. G. 41.
    4. 4. Raetus, a, um, adj., Rætian: Alpes, Hor. C. 4, 4, 17.

Ramises, is, m. (also Rhamises or Rhamses), an ancient king of Egypt, Plin. 36, 8, 14, § 65; Tac. A. 2, 60.

Rēdŏnes (Rhēdŏnes), um, m., a people in Gallia Lugdunensis near the modern Rennes in Brittany, Caes. B. G. 2, 34, 1; 7, 75, 4.

Rēgium (Rhēg-) (Lĕpĭdi), ĭi, n.

  1. I. A city in Gallia Cisalpina, on the Via Aemilia, now Reggio, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2; 12, 5, 2; Inscr. Orell. 78 and 3983.
    Hence, Rēgĭenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Regium, Cic. Fam. 13, 7, 4; Inscr. Orell. 4133.
  2. II. A city in the southern part of Calabria on the Sicilian strait, now Reggio, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, §§ 55, 56; 2, 4, 60, § 135; Sall. J. 28, 6; Liv. 23, 30, 9; Tac. A. 1, 53 (called Region, Ov. M. 14, 48).
    Hence, Rēgīnus (Rhēg-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Regium: litora, Sil. 13, 94: ager, Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7: municipes, id. ib. 1, 3, 7, § 8.
    Hence, as subst.
  1. I. Plur.: Rēgīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Regium, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11 fin.; 2, 5, 18 fin.; id. Att. 15, 7, 1.
  2. II. Sing.: Rēgīnus, i, m., a Roman name, a commander on the southern coast, A. U. C. 705, Cic. Att. 10, 12, 1.

Rēmi (Rhēmi), ōrum, m.

  1. I. A considerable people of Gaul, in the region round about the modern Rheims, Caes. B. G. 2, 3; 5 sq.; 9; 12; 3, 11; 5, 3 et saep.; Tac. H. 4, 67 sq.
    In sing.: Iccius Remus, Caes. B. G. 2, 6.
    Poet., collect., Luc. 1, 424.
  2. II. In later authors, the chief town of the Remi, now Rheims (in earlier writers, Durocortorum; cf. Caes. B. G. 6, 44), Amm. 15, 11, 10; 16, 2, 8.

1. rĕ-no, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to swim back (very rare): per Stygias aquas, Albin. 1, 432: simul imis saxa renarint Vadis levata, i. e. shall float back to the surface, Hor. Epod. 16, 25: eodem renato stagno, Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 17.† †

    1. 2. rēno or rhēno, ōnis, m. [Celtic], a reindeer-skin, as a garment of the ancient Germans, a fur pelisse: renones sunt velamina umerorum et pectoris usque ad umbilicum atque intortis villis adeo hispida, ut imbrem respuant, Isid. Orig. 19, 23, 4: (Germani) pellibus aut parvis rhenonum tegimentis utuntur (i. e. rhenonibus quae sunt parva tegimenta), Caes. B. G. 6, 21 fin. (v. Kraner ad h. l.); cf.: Germani intectum renonibus corpus tegunt, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Isid. l. l.; cf. also Serv. Verg. G. 3, 383.
      Acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 167 Müll., a Gallic dress: sagum reno Gallica (vestimenta).

Rha, indecl., = Ῥᾶ, the Wolga, on whose banks grew the radix pontica, Rha ponticum, rhubarb (Rheum Rhaponticum, Linn.), which thence received its name, Amm. 22, 8, 28 (cf. Cels. 5, 23 fin.).

† rhabdŏs, i, f., = ῤάβδος (a rod), a sort of meteor, App. de Mundo, p. 64, 14.

rhacŏma or rhecŏma, ae, f., a root, perh. i. q. rha, rhubarb, Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 128.

Rhacōtes, ae, or Rhacōtis, is, f., an ancient name of the site of Alexandria in Egypt, form Rhacotes, Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62; form Rhacotis, Tac. H. 4, 84.

Rhădămanthus, i, m., = Ῥαδάμανθος, a son of Jupiter and Europa, brother of Minos, a judge in the infernal regions, Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; 1, 41, 98; Ov. M. 9, 435; 439; Verg. A. 6, 566; Claud. in Rufin. 2, 480.

Rhădămas, antis, m., a fictitious name in Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 83.

Rhaeti, Rhaetĭa, Rhaetĭcus, Rhaetus, v. Raeti, etc.

† rhăgădes, um, f., and rhăgădia, ōrum, n., = ῤαγάδες and ῤαγάδια, a kind of sores or chaps on various parts of the body, Plin. 23, 4, 44, § 87; 23 7 64. § 129; 24, 7, 23, § 39; 28. 6, 18, § 66 (in Cels. 6, 18, 7, written as Greek).

rhăgĭon, ii, n., = ῤάγιον, a small spider Plin. 29, 4, 27. § 86.

Rhamnenses, v. Ramnes

† rhamnos, i, m., = ῤάμνος, buckthorn, Christ’s-thorn: Rhamnus, Linn.; Plin. 24, 14, 76, § 124, Veg. 5, 74.

Rhamnūs, untis, f., = Ῥαμνοῦς, the northernmost town of Attica, famed for an ancient temple of Themis, and in later times for a statue of Nemesis, the mod. Ovriokastro, Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 24; 36, 5, 4, § 17; Luc. 5, 233.
Hence,

    1. 1. Rhamnūsĭus, a, um, adj., Rhamnusian Rhamnusium se aiebat esse, from Rhamnus, Ter. And. 5, 4, 27: Antiphon, Cic. Brut. 12, 47: virgo, i. e. Nemesis, Cat. 66, 71; also called dea, Claud. B. Get. 631; and simply Rhamnūsia, ae, f., Ov. M. 3, 406; id. Tr. 5, 8, 9; Stat S. 3, 5, 5.
    2. 2. Rhamnūsis, ĭdis, f., the Rhamnusian goddess, i. e. Nemesis, Ov. M. 14, 694.

Rhamses, is (or ae), m., an ancient and powerful king of Egypt, Tac. A. 2, 60, Plin. 36, 8, 14, § 65 (al. Ramises).

Rhănis, ĭdis. f., a nymph in the train of Diana, Ov. M. 3, 171.

† rhăpēĭon, ii, n., = ῤαπήϊον, a plant, also called leontopetaion, Plin. 27, 11, 72, § 96 (al. rhaphanidion).

† rhăpisma, ătis, n., = ῤάπισμα, a blow with the palm of the hand, Cod. Just. 8, 49, 6.

† rhapsōdĭa, ae, f., = ῤαψῳδία, a rhapsody: secunda, i. e. the second book of the Iliad, Nep. Dion, 6, 4.

1. Rhēa, ae, f., an old Italian name. Thus, Rhea Silvia, daughter of Numitor and mother of Romulus and Remus, Liv. 1, 3; Flor. 1, 1, 1; Prud. adv. Symm. 1, 174 (cf. Verg. A. 1, 276).
Hence comes the name of the fabled priestess Rhea in Verg. A. 7, 659.

2. Rhĕa, ae, f., = Ῥέα, another name for Cybele, Ov. F. 4, 201: Rhea, quae Latiis Ops, Aus. Idyll. 12 de Deis, 2.

† rhēctae, ārum, m., = ῤῆκται, a kind of earthquake, App. de Mundo, p. 65, 26.

rhēda, v. raeda.

rhēdārĭus, v. raedarius.

Rhēdŏnes (Rēd-), um, m., a people in Gallia Lugdunensis, in the neighborhood of the modern Rennes, in Bretagne, Caes. B. G. 2, 34; 7, 75; Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107.

Rhēgĭum and Rhēgīnus, incorrect spelling for Regium and Reginus, q. v.

Rhēnānus, a, um, v. Rhenus.

Rhēnē, ēs, f., = Ῥήνη, an island in the Ægean Sea, one of the Cyclades, Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 67; Mel. 2, 7.

rhēno, ōnis, v. reno.

Rhēnus, i, m.

  1. I. The Rhine, the river which divided Gaul from Germany, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 4, 10; 4, 17; 6, 9; Tac. G. 1; id. A. 1, 63; 2, 6; Mel. 3, 2 sq.; Plin. 4, 14, 28, § 100; Cic. Pis. 33, 81; Verg. A. 8, 727; id. E. 10, 47; Hor. S. 1, 10, 37; id. A. P. 18; Ov. M. 2, 258; id. P. 3, 4, 88.
    Hence, Rhē-nānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Rhine, Rhenish: terrae, Sid. Ep. 4, 17 (but in Mart. 9, 35, 4, Rhenigenam is the better reading).—;
      1. 2. Meton., the dwellers on the Rhine, the Germans, Ov. F. 1, 286; id. P. 3, 4, 88; Luc. 5, 268; Stat. S. 1, 4, 89; hence, plur.: ingentes locat Rhenos, Pers. 6, 47.
  2. II. A small river in Italy tributary to the Po, now the Reno, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 118; Sil. 8, 599.

Rhēsus, i, m., = Ῥῆσος, the son of a Muse, a king in Thrace, who was robbed of his horses and killed by Diomede and Ulysses before Troy, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; Verg. A. 1, 469; Ov. M. 13, 249 sq. al.

Rhētēnor, ŏris, m., a companion of Diomede, Ov. M. 14, 504.

Rhetĭco, ōnis, m., a mountain range in Germany, now the Siebengebirge, near Bonn, Mel. 3, 3, 3.

† rhētor, ŏris, m., = ῤήτωρ,

  1. I. a teacher of oratory or rhetoric, a rhetorician: eos, qui rhetores nominarentur et qui dicendi praecepta traderent, nihil plane tenere, Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84; cf. Quint. 2, 2, 1: in rhetorum scholis, id. 10, 5, 14; 12, 2, 23: rhetorum artes, Cic. Fin. 3, 1: rhetorum epilogus, id. Tusc. 1, 47, 112; 2, 3, 9: (pueri) priusquam tradantur rhetori, Quint. 1, 10, 1; Mart. 2, 64, 1; Tac. Dial. 30 and 35; Macr. S. 5, 2, 1.
  2. * II. After the Greek manner, an orator; but with contempt, a rhetorician, speechifier, etc.: stultitia rhetoris Attica, Nep. Epam. 6, 3; cf. with § 1.

rhētŏrĭca, ae, and rhētŏrĭcē, ēs, v. rhetoricus.

rhētŏrĭcē, adv., v. rhetoricus fin.

rhētŏrĭco, āvi, 1 (ante-class.), and rhētŏrĭcor, āri, v. dep. (post-class.) [rhetoricus], to speak rhetorically or like an orator, Novat. ap. Non. 476, 6 (Com. Rel. p. 216 Rib.); act. form, Tert. Res. Carn. 5.

† rhētŏrĭcōtĕros, i, adj., = ῤητορικώτερος, more oratorical, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171.

† rhētŏrĭcus, a, um, adj., = ῤητορικός, of or belonging to a rhetorician, rhetorical.

  1. I. Adj.: nostro more aliquando, non rhetorico loquamur, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 133: ars, i. e. a treatise on rhetoric, id. Fin. 4, 3, 7: rhetorici doctores, i. e. teachers of rhetoric, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 86: syllogismus, Quint. 5, 10, 3; 9, 4, 57: libri, books on rhetoric, Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10.
    Hence,
  2. II. Substt.
    1. A. rhētŏrĭca, ae, or rhētŏrĭcē, ēs, f. (the first form in Cic., the latter in Quint.), the art of oratory, rhetoric: dicam, si potero, rhetorice, sed hac rhetoricā philosophorum, non nostrā illa forensi, Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: rhetorice est bene dicendi scientia, Quint. 5, 10, 54: et rhetorice, cui nomen vis eloquentiae dedit, id. 2, 1, 5: jus rhetorices, id. prooem. § 23: rhetoricen exercere, id. 2, 1, 3; 2, 15, 24: de rhetorice, id. 2, 15, 10.
    2. B. rhētŏrĭci, ōrum, m.
      1. 1. Teachers of oratory, = rhetores, ipsi magistri, qui rhetorici vocantur, Cic. de Or. 1, 12, 52.
      2. 2. Books on rhetoric: nisi rhetoricos suos (the erroneouslynamed books de Inventione) ipse adulescenti sibi elapsos diceret (Cicero), Quint. 3, 1, 20; so, in rhetoricis, id. 2, 15, 6; also in sing.: sicut ex Ciceronis rhetorico primo manifestum est, id. 3, 5, 14; 3, 6, 58.
    3. C. Neutr. plur.: rhētŏrĭca, ōrum, rhetoric: rhetorica mihi vestra sunt nota, Cic. Fat. 2, 4.
      Adv.: rhētŏrĭcē, in an oratorical or rhetorical manner, oratorically, rhetorically: rhetorice igitur nos mavis quam dialectice disputare? Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: ejus mortem rhetorice et tragice ornare, id. Brut. 11, 43: quam rhetorice! id. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.

† rhētŏriscus, i, m. dim. [rhetor], a little rhetorician, Gell. 17, 20, 4.

† rhētŏrisso, āre, v. n., = ῤητορίζω, to speak rhetorically, Pompon. ap. Non. 166, 3 (Com. Rel. p. 201 Rib.).

† rhētra, ae, f., = ῤήτρα, a saying, maxim, law: quas (leges) ex rhetris Lycurgi reparavit Sylla, Amm. 16, 5, 1.

† rheuma, ătis, n., = ῤεῦμα.

  1. I. A flow, flood: maris (i. e. aestus), Veg. Mil. 5, 12.
  2. II. A catarrh, rheum, Hier. Ep. 122, 1.

† rheumătĭcus, i, m., = ῤευματικός, one troubled with rheum, that has a catarrh, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 142.

† rheumătismus, i, m., = ῤευματισμὀς, rheum, catarrh (pure Lat. fluctio): levis humoris fluor quem Graeci rheumatismum vocant, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 27, 146; Plin. 22, 18, 21, § 46; 23, 2, 32, § 66; 24, 3, 3, § 7 et saep.

† rheumătīzo, āre, v. n., = ῤευματίζομαι, to be troubled with rheum, to have a catarrh, Theod. Prisc. 1, 10.

† rhexia, ae, f., a plant, also called onochilis, Plin. 22, 21, 25, § 51.

† rhīna, ae, f., = ῤίνη, a kind of shark, of whose skin arrows were made, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 150.

† rhīnenchytes, ae, m., = ῤινεγχύτης, an instrument for making injections into the nose, Scrib. Comp. 7; also called rhīn-engytos, i, m., Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 4, 82.

† rhīnĭon, ii, n., = ῤίνιον, collyrium, an ointment for removing scars, Cels. 6, 6, 30.

† rhīnŏcĕros, ōtis, m., = ῤινόκερως.

  1. I. Lit., a rhinoceros, Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71; Mart. Spect. 9; 22; id. Epigr. 14, 53; 14, 52, 2; Curt. 8, 9, 16; 9, 1, 5; Suet. Aug. 43: cornua rhinocerotis, Vulg. Deut. 33, 17; Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 173.
  2. II. Meton., a vessel made of the rhinoceros’s horn, Juv. 7, 130.
    A nickname for a man with a long nose, Lucil. ap. Non. 25, 30 (v. brochus).
    Prov.: nasum rhinocerotis habere, i.e. to turn up the nose, to sneer at every thing, Mart. 1, 3, 6.
    Hence, rhīnŏcĕrōtĭcus, a, um, adj., of a rhinoceros: naris, i.e. sneering, mockery, Sid. Carm. 9, 339.

Rhīnŏcŏlūra, ae, f., a town on the borders of Syria and Egypt on the shore of the Mediterranean, prob. the mod. El-Arish, Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 68; Liv. 45, 11; Sen. Ira, 3, 20, 2; Amm. 22, 16, 3.

Rhinton (-thon), ōnis, m., the originator of travestied tragedy, a native of Tarentum, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 3; Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 9 (cited also Col. 8, 16, 4).

Rhĭon or Rhĭum, i, n.

  1. I. A strait between the Ionian Sea and the Corinthian Gulf, Liv. 27, 29; 28, 7; Mel. 2, 3.
  2. II. A promontory of Achaia near this strait, now Kastro Morea, Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6.
  3. III. A town near the same strait, Liv. 27, 30 (al. Aegium).

Rhīpaei or Rhīphaei (Rīp-), montes, a range of mountains in the most northern part of Scythia, where are the sources of the Tanais, Mel. 1, 19, 13; 2, 1, 1; 3, 5, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 78; 6, 5, 5, § 15; Enn. Ann. 4, 5 al.
Less freq. in sing.: Rhipaeus mons, Mel. 1, 19, 18 and 20.
Hence Rhī-paeus or Rhīphaeus (Rīp-), a, um, adj., Rhiphæan: arces, Verg. G. 1, 240: Eurus, id. ib. 3, 382: pruinae, id. ib. 4, 518: grando, Stat. Th. 1, 420: nives, Luc. 4, 118: bruma, Val. Fl. 5, 603; Col. 10, 77: mons, Mel. 1, 19, 13; 2, 1, 1.

† rhīzĭas, ae, m., = ῤιζίας, juice extracted from a root (opp. caulias), Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 43.

Rhīzinĭum, ii, n., a town of Dalmatia, upon the Gulf of Cattaro, Plin. 3, 22, 26, § 144; called also Rhīzon, ōnis, now Risano, Liv. 45, 26.
Hence, Rhīzōnītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of this town, Liv. 45, 26, 15.

† rhīzŏtŏmos, i, f., a plant, a kind of iris, Plin. 21, 7, 19, § 41.

† rhīzŏtŏmūmĕna, ōrum, n., = ῤιζοτομούμενα, descriptions of or instructions about medicines prepared from roots cut up (the name of a book written by Micion), Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 258.

† rho, indecl., = ῤῶ, the Greek name of the letter r, Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96; Aus. Epigr. 128.

Rhŏda, ae, f.

  1. I. A town of Hispania Tarraconensis, now Rosas, Liv. 34, 8 fin.; Mel. 2, 6, 5.
  2. II. A town on the Rhone, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 33.

Rhŏdănĭcus, a, um, v. Rhodanus, I. 1.

Rhŏdănus, i, m.

  1. I. The Rhone, a river in Gaul, Mel. 2, 5, 4 sq.; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 33; Sil. 3, 446 sq.; Varr. ap. Gell. 10, 7, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3; 10, 11, 2; Ov. M. 2, 258; Liv. 21, 26: Rhodani potor, a dweller by the Rhone, Hor. C. 2, 20, 20 et saep.
    Hence,
      1. 1. RHODANICI NAVTAE, sailors or boatmen on the Rhone, Inscr. Orell. 809; 4110; in sing., id. ib. 4223.
      2. 2. Rhŏdănītis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to the Rhone: urbes, situated upon the Rhone, Sid. Ep. Carm. 9, 13 fin.
      3. 3. Rhŏdănū-sĭa, ae, f., the Rhone City, Lugdunum, now Lyons, Sid. Ep. 1, 5 init.
  2. II. Meton., the dwellers by the Rhone, the Gauls: Rheno Rhodanoque subactis, Luc. 5, 268.

Rhŏdĭăcus, a, um, v. Rhodos, II. 2.

Rhŏdĭensis, is, v. Rhodos, II. 3.

† rhŏdĭnus, a, um, adj., = ῤόδινος, prepared from roses: unguentum, rose-salve, Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 9: oleum, oil of roses, id. 15, 7, 7, § 30.

† rhŏdītis, is, f., a precious stone, unknown to us, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 191.

Rhŏdĭus, a, um, adj., v. Rhodos, II. 1.

Rhodo, ōnis, m., a friend of Q. Minucius Thermus, Cic. Fam. 2, 18, 1.

† rhŏdŏdaphnē, ēs, f., = ῤοδοδάφνη, the rose-bay, oleander, Plin. 16, 20, 33, § 79; 24, 11, 53, § 90; Pall. 1, 35, 9.

† rhŏdŏdendros, i, f., and rhŏdŏ-dendron, i, n., = ῤοδόδενδρον, the rosebay, oleander, Plin. 16, 20, 33, § 79; 21, 13, 45, § 77; 24, 11, 53, § 90.

† rhŏdŏmĕli, n. indecl., = ῤοδόμελι, honey of roses, Pall. 16 Maist.

Rhŏdŏpē, ēs, f., = Ῥοδόπη.

  1. I. A mountain range in Thrace, a part of the Hæmus, now Despoto Dagh, Mel. 2, 2, 2; Verg. G. 3, 351; Ov. M. 2, 222; 10, 77.
    Acc. to the myth, originally a man, Ov. M. 6, 87 sq.
  2. II. Meton., Thrace, Verg. E. 6, 30; Stat. Th. 12, 181.
    Hence,
    1. A. Rhŏdŏ-pēĭus, a, um, adj., Rhodopean, for Thracian: arces, Verg. G. 4, 461: regna, i. e. Thrace, Ov. Ib. 347: vates, i. e. Orpheus, id. M. 10, 11; also called heros, id. ib. 10, 50: spicula, Sil. 12, 400: saxa, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 113: flumina, id. IV. Cons. Hon. 526: conjux, i. e. Progne, wife of the Thracian king Tereus, Stat. Th. 5, 121.
    2. B. Rhŏdŏ-pēus, a, um, adj., Thracian: saxa, Luc. 6, 618.

†† rhodōra, ae, f. (Gallic), name of a plant: Spiraea ulmaria, Linn.; Plin. 24, 19, 112, § 172 (al. rodarum).

Rhŏdos (rarely Rhŏdus), i, f., = Ῥόδος.

  1. I. An island on the coast of Asia Minor, celebrated for its pure air, for its Colossus, its school of rhetoric, and the skill of its people in navigation; now Rhodes, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 36, § 132; Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47; id. de Or. 2, 1, 3; id. Planc. 34, 84; id. Fam. 2, 17, 1; Caes. B. G. 3, 102; Liv. 31, 15; Hor. C. 1, 7, 1; id. Ep. 1, 11, 17; 21; Ov. M. 7, 365 al.
    1. B. Transf., the nymph of this island, Ov. M. 4, 204.
  2. II. Hence,
      1. 1. Rhŏdĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Rhodes, Rhodian: classis, Ov. M. 12, 574; Suet. Claud. 21: uva, Verg. G. 2, 102; Col. 3, 2, 1; Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 42: fici, Col. 5, 10, 11: galli, gallinae, id. 8, 2, 12 sq.; 8, 11, 11: marmor, Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 172: opus, i. e. the Colossus, Mart. 1, 71, 8: oratores, Cic. Brut. 13, 51; cf.: genus (eloquentiae), Quint. 12, 10, 18 sq.: talentum, Fest. p. 359 Müll.
        Subst.: Rhŏdĭi, ōrum, m., the people of Rhodes, the Rhodians, Cic. Rep. 3, 35, 48; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54; id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 159; Liv. 31, 15; Juv. 8, 113; Flor. 2, 7, 8; Curt. 4, 22, 9.
      2. 2. Rhŏdĭăcus, a, um, adj., Rhodian: spongiae, Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 131: glutinum, id. 28, 17, 71, § 236: peristylium, Vitr. 6, 10.
      3. 3. Rhŏdĭensis, e, adj., Rhodian: hospes, Suet. Tib. 62: civitas, Gell. 7, 3, 1.
        Subst.: Rhŏdĭenses, ĭum, m., the Rhodians: oratio pro Rhodiensibus, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3 in lemm.; Gell. 13, 24, 13.

Rhoduntĭa, ae, f., one of the three summits of Mount Œta, Liv. 36, 16.

† rhoeăs, ădis, or rhoea, ae, f., = ῤοιάς, wild-poppy, Plin. 19, 8, 53, § 168; 20, 19, 77, § 204.

Rhoetēum, i, n., = Ῥοίτειον, a city built on a promontory of the same name in Troas, on the Hellespont (now Cape Barbieri), Mel. 1, 18, 5; Liv. 37, 9; 37, 38 sq.

1. Rhoetēus, a, um, adj., = Ῥοιτειος, of or belonging to the promontory of Rhœteum, Rhœtean: profundum, the sea that washes it, Ov. M. 11, 197; cf. litora, Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 125; and subst.: Rhoeteum rapax, Ov. F. 4, 279.
Hence poet., in gen., of or belonging to Troy, Trojan: ductor, i. e. Æneas, Verg. A. 12, 456: litora, Luc. 6, 351: fata, Sil. 1, 115.

    1. 2. Collat. form Rhoetē-ĭus, a, um, adj., Trojan, and transf. for Roman: regna, Sil. 7, 431: pubes, id. 9, 621: lancea, id. 17, 197.

2. Rhoeteus (dissyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., the name of a Rutulian, Verg. A. 10, 399; 402.

Rhoetus (Rhoecus), i, m.

  1. I. A giant, Hor. C. 2, 19, 23; 3, 4, 55.
  2. II. A centaur, Ov. M. 12, 271 sq.; Verg. G. 2, 456; id. Cul. 27; Val. Fl. 1, 140.
    Form Rhoecus, Luc. 6, 390.
  3. III. A companion of Phineus, Ov. M. 5, 38.
  4. IV. A king of the Marsians, Verg. A. 10, 388 Serv.

† rhŏĭcus, a, um, adj., = ῤοϊκός, of or belonging to the sumach (rhus), sumach-: folia, Plin. 24, 11, 54, § 92.

† rhŏītes, ae, m., = ῤοΐτης (sc. οἶνος), pomegranate wine, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 103.

† rhombŏīdes, is, n., = ῤομβοειδές, in mathematics, a four-sided figure, whose opposite sides and angles are equal, a rhomboid, Front. Expos. Form. p. 36 Goes.; Mart. Cap. 6, § 712.

rhombus, i, m., = ῤόμβος.

  1. I. A magician’s circle, Prop. 2, 28, 35 (3, 25, 1); 3, 6, 26 (4, 5, 26); Ov. Am. 1, 8, 7; Mart. 9, 30, 9; 12, 57, 17.
  2. II. A kind of fish, flatfish, turbot, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169; Hor. S. 1, 2, 116; 2, 2, 42; 48; 49; 95; 2, 8, 30; id. Epod. 2, 50; Juv. 4, 39; 68; 119; 11, 121; Mart. 13, 81 al.
  3. III. A mathematical figure whose four sides and opposite angles are equal, a rhomb, Front. Expos. Form. p. 36 Goes.; Mart. Cap. 6, § 712.

† rhomphaea, ae (pure Latin form, rumpīa, Gell. 10, 25, 2; with i short, rumpĭa, Val. Fl. 6, 98), f., = ῤομφαία, a long missile weapon of barbarous nations: rumpia genus teli est Thracae nationis, Gell. 10, 25, 4; Liv. 31, 39, 11: bis acuta, Vulg. Ecclus. 21, 4; id. Apoc. 2, 12; Val. Fl. l. l.; Claud. Epigr. 27; Ascon. Argum. Milon.
Hence, rhomphaeālis, e, adj., of or belonging to the rhomphaea: incendium, Prud. Cath. 7, 93.

* rhonchĭ-sŏnus, a, um, adj. [rhonchus], snorting: rhinoceros, Sid. Carm. 3, 8.

* rhoncho, āre, v. n. [rhonchus], to snore, to snort, Sid. Ep. 1, 6.

† rhonchus, i, m., = ῤόγχος.

  1. I. A snoring, Mart. 3, 82, 30.
      1. 2. Transf., the croaking of a frog, App. M. 1, p. 106.
  2. II. Trop., a sneering, sneer, jeer, Mart. 1, 3, 5; 4, 87, 7.

Rhondes, v. Icadius.

† rhŏpălon, i, n., = ῤόπαλον, the plant nymphaea, Plin. 25, 7, 37, § 75.

Rhōsos, i, f., = Ῥῶσος, a town in Cilicia, where highly prized utensils were made, Mel. 1, 12 fin.
Hence,

    1. 1. Rhōsĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Rhosos: vasa, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13.
    2. 2. Rhōsĭus, a, um, adj., of Rhosos: montes, Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80.

Rhoxŏlāni (Rox-), ōrum, m., a Scythian tribe in Eastern Europe, Plin. 4, 12, 25, § 80; Tac. H. 1, 79; Amm. 22, 8, 31.

† rhūs, rhŏis (also corrupted into roris, Col. 12, 42, 3; abl. rore, id. 9, 13, 5; Pall. Mart. 15, 1), m. (f., Scrib. 142), = ῤοῦς, a bushy shrub, sumach, Plin. 24, 11, 54, § 91; 13, 6, 13, § 55; Cels. 6, 11; Col. 12, 42, 3; Pall. Mart. 15, 1; Scrib. Comp. 111.
Acc. rhun, Plin. 24, 14, 79, § 129: rhum, id. 29, 3, 11, § 50.

† rhūsĕlīnon, i, n., = ῤουσέλινον, a plant, also called apium rusticum, App. Herb. 8.

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