Jordanes

Jordanes [CL], ~us [ML] 1 name of a river in Palestine, the Jordan; b (fig.). terminos trans ~em ‥ ostendit Gildas EB 70; inormem ~is gurgitem dirimit Aldh. VirgP 20; Spiritus ‥ in ~e super eum descendit V. Cuthb. II 4 (v. epiphania 2a); funiculus ‥ supra Jordannem Hugeb. Will. 4 (v. derivatio 1b); placidam Jordanis ad undam Wulf. Swith. pref. 425.  b fluenta ‥ novi ~is W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 56 (v. dysis). 2 (as name of a man) Jordanes, Jordan. ~es historiographus Gothorum W. Malm. GR II 116; a1140 accrevit Jurdanus ‥ pratum (v. fractitius b); a1166 ~us frater suus (v. doarium); 1169 dissaisivit ~um F. (v. dissaisire 1a); 1222 ~us de Bosco (v. de 16b); 1224 ~us pater suus (v. exspectare 3d). 3 chamber pot, jordan. 1385 j mortarium ereum cum pila ferrea; j stillatorium plumbeum cum olla erea sibi convenienti. j postenet, j jurdanus, j dorsorium antiquam Ac. Durh. 265; equinaque cauda commissa suis manibus loco freni, et due olle, quas ~es vulgo vocamus, ad ejus collum colligantur Wals. HA II 63; hic jurdanus, A. jurdan WW.

1 Jordānēs (15) ou Jordānis, is, m. , le Jourdain [fleuve de Palestine] : Plin. 5, 71 ; Tac. H. 5, 6 ; Lact. Inst. 4, 15, 2 || -icus, a, um, Aug. Serm. 43, 1, du Jourdain.

2 Jordānēs, is, m. , nom dʼun historien latin [appelé qqf. Jornandès].

JORDANES

JORDANES [PALAESTINA]