Lemavi

Latin

Etymology

From Paleo-Hispanic, probably from Proto-Celtic *lēmo- (elm) + *-awo-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (elm),[1] meaning the "Elm People" or similar.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lemavī m pl (genitive Lemavōrum); second declension

  1. A Celtic tribe of Gallaecia whose chief town was Dactonium

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Lemavī
genitive Lemavōrum
dative Lemavīs
accusative Lemavōs
ablative Lemavīs
vocative Lemavī

Descendants

  • Galician: Lemos

References

  • Lemavi in Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University.
  1. ^ Cf. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 237.