Brennus

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Celtic *branos (“crow”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbren.nus/, [ˈbrɛnːʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbren.nus/, [ˈbrɛnːus]

Proper noun

Brennus m sg (genitive Brennī); second declension

A chief of the Gauls who defeated the Romans at the river Allia.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Brennus
Genitive	Brennī
Dative	Brennō
Accusative	Brennum
Ablative	Brennō
Vocative	Brenne

Derived terms

Brennicus

References

Brennus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Brennus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Brennus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

^ 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, page 85

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