Ravennate

ravennate English Etymology 1 From en Ravenna -ate adjective adjective-forming suffix; an anglicized form of en it ravennate and en la Ravennās through incorrectly associated endings (see Latin la -ās). Adjective Of, from, or concerning Ravenna, a major city in Italy. en 1958 Pieter Singelenberg The Iconography of the Etschmiadzin Diptych and the Healing of the Blind Man at Siloe Art Bulletin He held at first that this work had originated from a Ravennate workshop. Synonyms en Ravennese, en Ravennan Etymology 2 From a substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to en Ravenna -ate substantive noun-forming suffix. Noun en rare One of the Ravennese: a native or inhabitant of Ravenna in Italy. en 1980 Dragmalogia of Giovanni da Ravenna on the Preferable Way of Life 7 ...shortly after he arrived in his adopted city the signore Guido II da Polenta appointed Giovanni as one of the Ravennates who served as foreign notaries at the podesla's court in Florence. Latin Adjective la adjective form Ravennāte la Ravennātus voc m s