Namnetes

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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

  1. A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Condivincum

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Namnētēs
genitive Namnētum
dative Namnētibus
accusative Namnētēs
ablative Namnētibus
vocative Namnētēs

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