Arverni

== English == === Alternative forms === Averni === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin Arvernī m pl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑːɹˈvɜːɹnaɪ/ === Noun === Arverni pl (plural only) (historical) An ancient, powerful Gallic tribe living in what is now the Auvergne region of France, who opposed the Romans on several occasions. Synonyms: Arverns, Arvernians ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === arriven, Ranvier == Latin == === Etymology === Gaulish tribe whose name, *Are-lica, is said to mean "the foremost rock," from *are (“in front of”) << Proto-Celtic *ɸare (“in front of”) + *lica (“rock”) << Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā (“stone”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈwɛr.niː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈvɛr.ni] === Proper noun === Arvernī m pl (genitive Arvernōrum); second declension Arverni ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, plural only. === References === “Arverni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Arverni”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Arverni”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly Delamarre, Xavier (2003), Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN