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Latin Arverni

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɑːɹˈvɜːɹnaɪ/

Noun edit

Arverni (plural Arverni)

  1. (historical) A member of an ancient, powerful Gallic tribe living in what is now the Auvergne region of France, who opposed the Romans on several occasions.

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Etymology edit

Gaulish tribe whose name, *Are-lica, is said to mean "the foremost rock," from *are (in front of) << Proto-Celtic *ɸare (in front of) + *lica (rock) << Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā (stone).

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Proper noun edit

Arvernī m pl (genitive Arvernōrum); second declension

  1. Arverni

Declension edit

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Arvernī
Genitive Arvernōrum
Dative Arvernīs
Accusative Arvernōs
Ablative Arvernīs
Vocative Arvernī

References edit

  • Arverni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Arverni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Arverni”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN