Latin edit

Etymology edit

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably from Proto-Celtic *lēmo- (elm) + *-awo-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (elm),[1] meaning the "Elm People" or similar.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Lemavī m pl (genitive Lemavōrum); second declension

  1. A Celtic tribe of Gallaecia whose chief town was Dactonium

Declension edit

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Lemavī
Genitive Lemavōrum
Dative Lemavīs
Accusative Lemavōs
Ablative Lemavīs
Vocative Lemavī

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Galician: Lemos

References edit

  • Lemavi in Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University.
  1. ^ Cf. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 237.