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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀξύβιοι (Oxúbioi).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Oxybiī m pl (genitive Oxybiōrum); second declension
- A Ligurian tribe settled on the coast of Gallia Narbonensis.
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
References
- “Oxybii”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Oxybii in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.