Venetic

English

Etymology

From Latin veneticus, from Venetia (“land of the Veneti; Venice, Veneto”) + -icus (“-ic: forming adjectives”), from Venetī + -ia, of uncertain origin. Equivalent to Veneti +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˈnɛtɪk/

Adjective

Venetic (not comparable)

1. (historical) Of or related to the Veneti, an ancient people of northeastern Italy.
2. (historical) Of or related to the Veneti, an ancient people of northern Brittany.
3. (historical, linguistics) Of or related to Venetic, the language of the Adriatic Veneti.
4. Of or related to the Veneto, the mainland opposite Venice.

Synonyms

• (ancient peoples or Veneto): Venetian

Translations

of or pertaining to the Veneti or Venetic

• Armenian: վենետական (venetakan)
• Catalan: vènet (ca)
• French: vénète (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἐνετικός (Enetikós), Ἐνέτης (Enétēs), Βενετικός (Benetikós)

  Modern: ενετικός (el) (enetikós)

• Latin: veneticus
• Russian: вене́тский (ru) (venétskij)

Proper noun

Venetic

1. (historical linguistics) An extinct Indo-European language once spoken by the Veneti people who lived between the Po River delta in northeastern Italy and the southern Alps in Slovenia in antiquity.

Related terms

• Venetian

Translations

Venetic language

• Aragonese: benetico m, idioma benetico m
• Armenian: վենետերեն (hy) (veneteren)
• Catalan: vènet (ca) m
• French: vénète (fr) m
• German: Venetisch (de) n
• Greek: βενετικά (el) n pl (venetiká), βενετική γλώσσα f (venetikí glóssa)
• Italian: venetico m, lingua venetica f
• Russian: вене́тский (ru) m (venétskij) (язы́к)
• Slovene: venétščina, venétski jêzik m
• Spanish: venético (es) m

See also

• ISO 639-3 code xve (SIL)
• Linguist List entry for Venetic, code xve