Suebi
See also: suebi
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsweɪbi/
Noun
Suebi pl (plural only)
- A group of Germanic tribes living mostly near Elbe in what is now central Germany around the first century BCE.
Translations
group of Germanic tribes
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Suēbus, Suēvus, from Proto-West Germanic *swāb (“Suebian”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [suˈeː.biː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [suˈɛː.bi]
Proper noun
Suēbī m pl (genitive Suēbōrum); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Suēbī |
| genitive | Suēbōrum |
| dative | Suēbīs |
| accusative | Suēbōs |
| ablative | Suēbīs |
| vocative | Suēbī |
Derived terms
- Suēbia
Proper noun
Suēbī
- genitive of Suēbus
References
- “Suebi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Suebi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.