Daunii

Daunii pl (plural only)

1. The ancient inhabitants of Daunia in southern Italy.

• Daunian

From Ancient Greek Δαύνιοι (Daúnioi), said to be from the tribe's word for wolf, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dhau (“to strangle”), perhaps through Illyrian where the voiced aspirate dh is expected.^[1] Compared to this are the god Faunus and Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr, “beast, wolf”), though the latter is likely instead from *ǵʰwer-. More at Daunii and Faunus.

Dauniī m pl (genitive Dauniōrum); second declension

1. A tribe of southern Italy, inhabiting the part of Apulia included between the rivers Aufidus and Frento

Second-declension noun, plural only.

• Daunia

• Daunia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.