Namnetes

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) IPA^(key): /namˈneː.teːs/, [nämˈneːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /namˈne.tes/, [nämˈnɛːt̪es]

Proper noun

Namnētēs m pl (genitive Namnētum); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Namnētēs
Genitive	Namnētum
Dative	Namnētibus
Accusative	Namnētēs
Ablative	Namnētibus
Vocative	Namnētēs

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