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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nervius m (genitive Nerviī or Nervī); second declension
- A member of the Nervii, ancient Celtic tribe in Gallia Belgica.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Nervius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Nervius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Nervius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly