Eburones

See also: eburones

English

Noun

Eburones pl (plural only)

1. A Belgic people of Germanic or Celtic descent who lived in the upper north of Gaul in ancient times.

Anagrams

• Bornuese, bernouse, suberone, subornee

Latin

Etymology

If of Celtic/Gaulish origin, probably from Proto-Celtic *eburos (“yew-tree”). However, if of Germanic origin, likely from Proto-Germanic *eburaz (“boar”); a semantic "contamination" between the two senses is not impossible. More at Eburones.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.buˈroː.neːs/, [ɛbʊˈroːneːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.buˈro.nes/, [ebuˈrɔːnes]

Proper noun

Eburōnēs m pl (genitive Eburōnum); third declension

1. A Gallic-Germanic tribe of Gallia Belgica

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Eburōnēs
Genitive	Eburōnum
Dative	Eburōnibus
Accusative	Eburōnēs
Ablative	Eburōnibus
Vocative	Eburōnēs

Further reading

• “Eburones”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Eburones in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Eburones”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly