Cornovii
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editGenerally agreed to be of Brythonic/Celtic origin; see Proto-Brythonic *Körnɨw (“Cornwall”), whose name could mean something like "people of the horn." More at Cornovii.
Proper noun
editCornovīī m pl (genitive Cornovīōrum); second declension
- A gēns of Celtae in west-central Britannia with their capital at Viroconium Cornoviorum, bordered to the south by the Dobunni, to the west by the Deceangli and Ordovīcēs, to the north by the Brigantēs, and to the east by the Corieltauvi.
- A gēns of Celtae in the far north of Calēdonia in what is now Caithness, bordered to the west by the Caereni, to the southwest by the Smertae, and to the south by the Lugi.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Cornovīī |
Genitive | Cornovīōrum |
Dative | Cornovīīs |
Accusative | Cornovīōs |
Ablative | Cornovīīs |
Vocative | Cornovīī |
Further reading
edit- Britannic Cornovii
- Cornovii on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
- Cornovii (Midlands) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Caledonian Cornovii
- Cornovii (Caithness) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia