Umbri

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See also: umbri and ümbri

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin umbrī. Also called Ombrii in some Roman sources. Many Roman writers thought the Umbri to be Celtic; Cornelius Bocchus wrote that they descended from an ancient Gaulish tribe. Plutarch wrote that the name might be a different way of writing the name of the Celtic tribe Ambrones, which loosely means "King of the Boii". He also suggested that the Insubres, another Gaulish tribe, might be connected; their Celtic name Isombres could possibly mean "Lower Umbrians", or inhabitants of the country below Umbria.[1]

Noun

Umbri pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) An Italic tribe of ancient Italy.

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References

  1. ^ Prichard, Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind: In Two Volumes, Volume 2, p. 60

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