Cebenna

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Cevenna

Etymology

From Gaulish *Cebenna, from Proto-Celtic *kebno- (back), from Pre-Celtic *kebn-, which could be related to *kambos (crooked, bent).[1] Compare Middle Welsh keuen (back).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cebenna f sg (genitive Cebennae); first declension

  1. A range of mountains in France, now the Cévennes

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Cebenna
genitive Cebennae
dative Cebennae
accusative Cebennam
ablative Cebennā
vocative Cebenna

References

  • Cebenna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Cebenna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Cebenna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. ^ The Journal of Celtic Studies. (1958). United States: Temple University at the Waverly Press, p. 3