Rhagae

Latin

Alternative forms

• Rhagānae
• Rhages

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥάγαι (Rhágai), itself from Old Persian 𐎼𐎥𐎠 (Ragā)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ɡae̯/, [ˈräɡäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.d͡ʒe/, [ˈräːd͡ʒe]

Proper noun

Rhagae f pl (genitive Rhagārum); first declension

1. Ray, a city in Persia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Rhagae
genitive	Rhagārum
dative	Rhagīs
accusative	Rhagās
ablative	Rhagīs
vocative	Rhagae
locative	Rhagīs

Further reading

• “Rhagae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Rhagae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.