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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tenctērī m pl (genitive Tenctērōrum); second declension
- A Germanic tribe which dwelt on the lower course of the Rhine, mentioned by Caesar together with the Usipetes
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
Further reading
- Tencteri in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Tencteri”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly