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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γελωνός (Gelōnós).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gelōnī m pl (genitive Gelōnōrum); second declension
- A tribe of Scythia settled near the river Borysthenes
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
Derived terms
References
- “Geloni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Geloni”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Geloni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.