Carnutes

Latin

Alternative forms

• Carnūtēni

Etymology

Celtic/Gaulish name, possibly from *carn (“stone”) (Proto-Celtic *karnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”), modern Welsh carn (“heap of stones”)) + *auten (“sword”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /karˈnuː.teːs/, [kärˈnuːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /karˈnu.tes/, [kärˈnuːt̪es]

Proper noun

Carnūtēs m pl (genitive Carnūtum); third declension

1. A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis whose chief town was Genabum

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Carnūtēs
Genitive	Carnūtum
Dative	Carnūtibus
Accusative	Carnūtēs
Ablative	Carnūtibus
Vocative	Carnūtēs

Descendants

• French: Chartres

References

• “Carnutes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Carnutes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Carnutes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Jones, Rowland (2000: Celtic Linguistics, 1700-1850: pt. 3. A postscript to the origin of language and nations
• Anthon, Charles (1850): A system of ancient and mediæval geography: for the use of schools and colleges