ῥοδανός

See also: Ῥοδανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, related to ῥαδινός (rhadinós, “taper, slender”) and thus from Pre-Greek, in view of the variation ῥαδ-/ῥοδ- (rhad-/rhod-).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥o.da.nós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ro.daˈnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ro.ðaˈnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ro.ðaˈnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ro.ðaˈnos/

Adjective

ῥοδᾰνός • (rhodănós) m (feminine ῥοδᾰνή, neuter ῥοδᾰνόν); first/second declension

wavering, flickering

Inflection

First and second declension of ῥοδᾰνός; ῥοδᾰνή; ῥοδᾰνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῥοδᾰνός rhodănós	ῥοδᾰνή rhodănḗ	ῥοδᾰνόν rhodănón	ῥοδᾰνώ rhodănṓ	ῥοδᾰνᾱ́ rhodănā́	ῥοδᾰνώ rhodănṓ	ῥοδᾰνοί rhodănoí	ῥοδᾰναί rhodănaí	ῥοδᾰνᾰ́ rhodănắ
Genitive	ῥοδᾰνοῦ rhodănoû	ῥοδᾰνῆς rhodănês	ῥοδᾰνοῦ rhodănoû	ῥοδᾰνοῖν rhodănoîn	ῥοδᾰναῖν rhodănaîn	ῥοδᾰνοῖν rhodănoîn	ῥοδᾰνῶν rhodănôn	ῥοδᾰνῶν rhodănôn	ῥοδᾰνῶν rhodănôn
Dative	ῥοδᾰνῷ rhodănôi	ῥοδᾰνῇ rhodănêi	ῥοδᾰνῷ rhodănôi	ῥοδᾰνοῖν rhodănoîn	ῥοδᾰναῖν rhodănaîn	ῥοδᾰνοῖν rhodănoîn	ῥοδᾰνοῖς rhodănoîs	ῥοδᾰναῖς rhodănaîs	ῥοδᾰνοῖς rhodănoîs
Accusative	ῥοδᾰνόν rhodănón	ῥοδᾰνήν rhodănḗn	ῥοδᾰνόν rhodănón	ῥοδᾰνώ rhodănṓ	ῥοδᾰνᾱ́ rhodănā́	ῥοδᾰνώ rhodănṓ	ῥοδᾰνούς rhodănoús	ῥοδᾰνᾱ́ς rhodănā́s	ῥοδᾰνᾰ́ rhodănắ
Vocative	ῥοδᾰνέ rhodăné	ῥοδᾰνή rhodănḗ	ῥοδᾰνόν rhodănón	ῥοδᾰνώ rhodănṓ	ῥοδᾰνᾱ́ rhodănā́	ῥοδᾰνώ rhodănṓ	ῥοδᾰνοί rhodănoí	ῥοδᾰναί rhodănaí	ῥοδᾰνᾰ́ rhodănắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ῥοδᾰνῶς rhodănôs			ῥοδᾰνώτερος rhodănṓteros			ῥοδᾰνώτᾰτος rhodănṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ῥοδᾰ́νη (rhodắnē)
ῥοδᾰνῐ́ζω (rhodănĭ́zō)
ῥοδᾰνῐστήρῐον (rhodănĭstḗrĭon)

“ῥοδανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ῥοδανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ῥοδανός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ῥοδανός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ῥοδανός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN