Arverni
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːɹˈvɜːɹnaɪ/
Noun
Arverni (plural Arverni)
- (historical) A member of an ancient, powerful Gallic tribe living in what is now the Auvergne region of France, who opposed the Romans on several occasions.
Translations
a member of an ancient Gallic tribe
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Gaulish tribe whose name, *Are-lica, is said to mean "the foremost rock," from *are (“in front of”) << Proto-Celtic *ɸare (“in front of”) + *lica (“rock”) << Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā (“stone”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈwɛr.niː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈvɛr.ni]
Proper noun
Arvernī m pl (genitive Arvernōrum); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Arvernī |
| genitive | Arvernōrum |
| dative | Arvernīs |
| accusative | Arvernōs |
| ablative | Arvernīs |
| vocative | Arvernī |
References
- “Arverni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Arverni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Arverni”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- 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