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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ναμνιτῶν (Namnitôn), from a Gaulish name *nant (“stream, river”), from Proto-Celtic *nantos (“stream, river, valley”).
Related to the Celtic name of Nansa, which also appeared as Namnasa.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Namnētēs m pl (genitive Namnētum); third declension
- A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Condivincum
Declension
Third-declension noun, plural only.
References
- “Namnetes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Namnetes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Namnetes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Falileyev, Alexander (2007): Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names