Nasamones

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νασαμῶνες (Nasamônes). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [na.saˈmoː.neːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [na.s̬aˈmɔː.nes] === Proper noun === Nasamōnēs m pl (genitive Nasamōnum); third declension A powerful tribe settled on the northern coast of Lybia ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, plural only. The nominative singular form Nasamōn is also found, either with the sense "one of the Nasamones" or as the name of the mythical founding ancestor of the tribe. ==== Related terms ==== Nasamōniacus Nasamōnias nasamōnītis Nasamōnius === References === “Nasamones”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Nasamones”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Nasamones”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly