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Raeti
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Latin
Alternative forms
la Rhaetī
Etymology
Unclear. Possibly from la cel-gau -/la cel - cel-pro *rait highland,1911 Encyclopædia Britannica or maybe connected with Reitia, a la xve -/la itc - goddess; from xve 𐌓𐌄𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌀, from la ine-pro *wreyd-.Zavaroni, Adolfo (2001): Le Iscrizioni Retiche ("Raetic Inscriptions")Marcel Detienne, The writing of Orpheus: Greek myth in cultural context (Johns Hopkins, 2002 More at Raeti.
Pronunciation
Raetī
Proper noun
Raetī<2> m
A pre-Roman tribe of the Alps
Declension
Raetī<2>
References
la Tribes