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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swihaniz, plural of *swihô.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Suiōnēs m pl (genitive Suiōnum); third declension
- A Germanic tribe of Scandinavia (probably the Swedes)
Declension
Third-declension noun, plural only.
References
- “Suiones”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Suiones in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Suiones”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly