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Latin
Etymology
From an earlier *Ausonci (by rhotacism), from Ancient Greek Αὔσονες (Aúsones), a name used by the Greeks to refer to various Italic peoples.[1]
Proper noun
Auruncī m pl (genitive Auruncōrum); second declension
- An Italic tribe who inhabited a region in Latium, called Ausones by the Greeks
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
Derived terms
References
- “Aurunci”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- ^ Bunbury, Edward Hurbert (1854). "Aurunci". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. I. London: John Murray. p. 343