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Rhŏdănus , i, m.
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. RHODANICI NAVTAE, sailors or boatmen on the Rhone, Inscr. Orell. 809; 4110; in sing., id. ib. 4223. —
2. Rhŏdănītis , ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to the Rhone: “urbes,situated upon the Rhone, Sid. Ep. Carm. 9, 13 fin.
3. Rhŏdănū-sĭa , ae, f., the Rhone City, Lugdunum, now Lyons, Sid. Ep. 1, 5 init.
II. Meton., the dwellers by the Rhone, the Gauls: “Rheno Rhodanoque subactis,Luc. 5, 268.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 10.9.3
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.1
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.258
    • Lucan, Civil War, 5.268
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.33
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 26
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 10.7.2
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