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English
Noun
Ingaevones pl (plural only)
- (historical) A tribe of Germany mentioned by Pliny.
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from the nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *ingwô (“descendant of Ingwaz”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ingaevōnēs m pl (genitive Ingaevōnum); third declension
- A tribe of Germany mentioned by Pliny.
Declension
Third-declension noun, plural only.
References
- “Ingaevones”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ingaevones in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Ingaevones”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly