OriginFrom the same Proto-Indo-European root as Lithuanian rekles (“scaffolding”), Old Church Slavonic ратиште (ratište, “staff, spear”), Latin rētae (“trees standing on the bank of a stream”). Also possibly connected to the Germanic roots of rood and rod. According to De Vaan, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”).
- declension-3, feminine, literallyraft
- declension-3, femininepontoon bridge
- declension-3, feminine, poeticboat, ship, vessel
“… quassātaeque ratēs, dum nōn tractābile caelum.” — “[You must delay Aeneas in Carthage,] while heaven [itself] is unfavorable, and [the Trojan] ships [are still] storm-damaged.”
- ablative, dative, feminine, form-of, masculinedative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of ratus
Formsratis(genitive) · ratis(nominative, singular) · ratēs(nominative, plural) · ratis(genitive, singular) · ratium(genitive, plural) · ratī(dative, singular) · ratibus(dative, plural) · ratem(accusative, singular) · ratim(accusative, singular) · ratēs(accusative, plural) · ratīs(accusative, plural) · rate(ablative, singular) · ratī(ablative, singular) · ratibus(ablative, plural) · ratis(singular, vocative) · ratēs(plural, vocative) · ratīs(canonical)
Source: Wiktionary