Cornovii

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Latin

The approximate territory of the Britannic Cornovii is shown in red on this map of the former counties of England, Wales, and the Isle of Man.
This map of the territories of the Brigantes and Caledonian Celtae is based on their description in Ptolemy’s Geography.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Generally agreed to be of Brythonic/Celtic origin; see Proto-Brythonic *Körnɨw (“Cornwall”), whose name could mean something like "people of the horn." More at Cornovii.

Proper noun

Cornovīī m pl (genitive Cornovīōrum); second declension

  1. A gēns of Celtae in west-central Britannia with their capital at Viroconium Cornoviorum, bordered to the south by the Dobunni, to the west by the Deceangli and Ordovīcēs, to the north by the Brigantēs, and to the east by the Corieltauvi.
  2. A gēns of Celtae in the far north of Calēdonia in what is now Caithness, bordered to the west by the Caereni, to the southwest by the Smertae, and to the south by the Lugi.

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Cornovīī
genitive Cornovīōrum
dative Cornovīīs
accusative Cornovīōs
ablative Cornovīīs
vocative Cornovīī

Further reading

Britannic Cornovii
Caledonian Cornovii
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