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Headword:
*(reito/s
Adler number: rho,115
Translated headword: Raitos, Rhaetus
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Name of a place and of a people.
Greek Original:*(reito/s: o)/noma to/pou kai\ e)/qnous.
Note:
This probably refers to Raetia and the Raeti of the Swiss Alps, these names giving rise to the eventual Roman province of Raetia to the NE (see generally OCD(4) s.v., though
Thucydides 2.19.2 and
Pausanias 1.38.2 mention a Rheitoi ("Streams") in western Attica. Note also the obscure entry in
Stephanus of
Byzantium: "R(h)aitoi, an Etruscan people".
Translated by: David Whitehead on 25 August 2010@06:05:44.
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