Namnetes

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Namnētēs, from Ancient Greek Ναμνιτῶν (Namnitôn). === Proper noun === the Namnetes pl (plural only) (historical) An ancient Celtic tribe. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ναμνιτῶν (Namnitôn), from a Gaulish name *nant (“stream, river”), from Proto-Celtic *nantos (“stream, river, valley”). Related to the Celtic name of Nansa, which also appeared as Namnasa. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [namˈneː.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [namˈnɛː.tes] === Proper noun === Namnētēs m pl (genitive Namnētum); third declension A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Condivincum ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, plural only. === References === “Namnetes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Namnetes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Namnetes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly Falileyev, Alexander (2007): Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names