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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λιβυρνοὶ (Liburnoì). If related to the placename Liburnum in Liguria, the name may an exonym of Etruscan/Tyrsenian origin,[1][2] though the Liburni themselves were of an unclear Indo-European affiliation.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Liburnī m pl (genitive Liburnōrum); second declension
- A pre-Roman tribe settled in Istria
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
References
- Liburni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Liburni”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- ^ M. Fluss, Liburni, PWRE. Bd. V, 583
- ^ M. Jokl in Ebert, Reallex. der Vorgeschichte, VI, 46-47