Raeti
Latin
Alternative forms
- Rhaetī
Etymology
Unclear. Possibly from Gaulish/Celtic *rait (“highland”)[1], or maybe connected with Reitia, a Venetic/Italic goddess; from Venetic 𐌓𐌄𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌀 (reitia), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyd-.[2][3] More at Raeti.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈrae̯.tiː/, [ˈräe̯t̪iː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.ti/, [ˈrɛːt̪i]
Proper noun
Raetī m pl (genitive Raetōrum); second declension
- A pre-Roman tribe of the Alps
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Raetī |
| Genitive | Raetōrum |
| Dative | Raetīs |
| Accusative | Raetōs |
| Ablative | Raetīs |
| Vocative | Raetī |
References
- “Raeti”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Raeti in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
- Zavaroni, Adolfo (2001): Le Iscrizioni Retiche ("Raetic Inscriptions")
- Marcel Detienne, The writing of Orpheus: Greek myth in cultural context (Johns Hopkins, 2002