Nervii

English

Noun

Nervii pl (plural only)

1. (historical) One of the most powerful Belgic tribes, living in northern Gaul at the time of its conquest by Ancient Rome.

Anagrams

• -virine, Irvine, vinier

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈner.u̯i.iː/, [ˈnɛru̯iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈner.vi.i/, [ˈnɛrviː]

Proper noun

Nerviī m pl (genitive Nerviōrum); second declension

1. Nervii

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Nerviī
Genitive	Nerviōrum
Dative	Nerviīs
Accusative	Nerviōs
Ablative	Nerviīs
Vocative	Nerviī

Derived terms

• Nervicus

References

• “Nervii”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Nervii in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Nervii”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly