Iceni

== English == === Alternative forms === Eceni === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aɪˈsiːnaɪ/ === Noun === Iceni pl (plural only) (historical) A Brythonic tribe in Britannia who inhabited an area corresponding roughly to the modern-day county of Norfolk, from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD. == Latin == === Etymology === Possibly from Proto-Brythonic *uxī (“ox”), from *uxsū, from Proto-Celtic *uksōn, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. Or, from a Celtic source representing modern Welsh echen (“lineage, stock, tribe”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“side, flank, breast”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪˈkeː.niː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈt͡ʃɛː.ni] === Proper noun === Icēnī m pl (genitive Icēnōrum); second declension Iceni ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, plural only. ==== Derived terms ==== Venta Icēnōrum === References === “Iceni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Iceni”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Iceni”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly A Dictionary of the Welsh Language. University of Wales. 2017.