noun

Rhŏdos

gen. i · gender feminine · decl. 2nd

(rarely ), , , = Ῥόδος.

An island on the coast of Asia Minor; celebrated for its pure air; for its Colossus

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.—

the nymph of this island by extension

Transf., the nymph of this island, Ov. M. 4, 204.—

hence

belonging to Rhodes; Rhodian; the people of Rhodes ••

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; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 159; Liv. 31, 15; Juv. 8, 113; Flor. 2, 7, 8; Curt. 4, 22, 9. —

Rhodian •

Rhŏdĭăcus, a, um, adj., Rhodian: spongiae, Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 131: glutinum, id. 28, 17, 71, § 236: peristylium, Vitr. 6, 10. —

Rhodian; the Rhodians; in lemm.; •

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.

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