Tencteri

Latin

Alternative forms

• Tenchtērī

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tenkˈteː.riː/, [t̪ɛŋkˈt̪eːriː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tenkˈte.ri/, [t̪eŋkˈt̪ɛːri]

Proper noun

Tenctērī m pl (genitive Tenctērōrum); second declension

1. A Germanic tribe which dwelt on the lower course of the Rhine, mentioned by Caesar together with the Usipetes

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Tenctērī
Genitive	Tenctērōrum
Dative	Tenctērīs
Accusative	Tenctērōs
Ablative	Tenctērīs
Vocative	Tenctērī

Further reading

• Tencteri in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Tencteri”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly