Insubres
English edit
Noun edit
Insubres pl (plural only)
Translations edit
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Gaulish *Isombres, possibly meaning "lower Umbrians," from Proto-Celtic *en + Umbri. Also see the tribe Ambrones.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.su.breːs/, [ˈĩːs̠ʊbreːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.su.bres/, [ˈinsubres]
Proper noun edit
Īnsubrēs m pl (genitive Īnsubrium or Īnsubrum); third declension
- A tribe who dwelt both in Gallia Transalpina and Gallia Cisalpina
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem), plural only.
Case | Plural |
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Nominative | Īnsubrēs |
Genitive | Īnsubrium Īnsubrum |
Dative | Īnsubribus |
Accusative | Īnsubrēs Īnsubrīs |
Ablative | Īnsubribus |
Vocative | Īnsubrēs |
Derived terms edit
- Īnsuber (“a member of the Insubres”)
References edit
- Insubres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Insubres”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Prichard, Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind: In Two Volumes, Volume 2, p. 60