Eburones

== English == === Noun === Eburones pl (plural only) A Belgic people of Germanic or Celtic descent who lived in the upper north of Gaul in ancient times. === Anagrams === Bornuese, bernouse, suberone, subornee == Latin == === Etymology === If of Celtic/Gaulish origin, probably from Proto-Celtic *eburos (“yew-tree”). However, if of Germanic origin, likely from Proto-Germanic *eburaz (“boar”); a semantic "contamination" between the two senses is not impossible. More at Eburones. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.bʊˈroː.neːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.buˈrɔː.nes] === Proper noun === Eburōnēs m pl (genitive Eburōnum); third declension A Gallic-Germanic tribe of Gallia Belgica ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, plural only. ==== Derived terms ==== Eburonia === References === === Further reading === “Eburones”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Eburones”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Eburones”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly