Britannis

From Ancient Greek Βρεττανίς (Brettanís). Also see Britannia.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [brɪˈtan.nɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [briˈt̪an.nis]

Britannis f sg (genitive Britannidos or Britannidis); third declension

1. British

Britannis f sg (genitive Britannidos or Britannidis); third declension

1. (in the plural) British Isles
   • c. 5th century CE, Priscianus Caesariensis, De Orbis Situ Prisciani ex Dionysio Periegetes, lines 577–580:

     Ast aliae [insulae] oceani iuxta boreotidas actas sunt geminae, Rhenique Britannides ostia cernunt; hic etenim lasso perrumpit Tethya cursu. Has tamen haud valeat spatio superare per orbem insula.

     However there are other twin islands near the northern shorelines of the ocean, separating the British Isles from the mouth of the Rhine; for here, the flow exhausted, it breaks through into the sea. There is yet hardly an island in the world that is able to surpass these in size.

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).

¹In poetry.

• Britannis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Britannis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “Britann-” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [brɪˈtan.niːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [briˈt̪an.nis]

Britannīs m

1. dative/ablative plural of Britannus (“Briton”)

Britannīs

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of Britannus (“British”)