Veneti

See also: veneti and vèneti

English

Noun

Veneti pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) A seafaring Gallic tribe dwelling in Armorica, in the northern part of the Brittany Peninsula, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.

Latin

Etymology

Of Celtic origin, from Gaulish Uenetoi (“the friendly ones, the kinsmen”), from Proto-Celtic *wenet, a derivation from *wenyā (“kindred”).[1]

Proper noun

Venetī m pl (genitive Venetōrum); second declension

  1. A Celtic tribe of Armorica

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Venetī
Genitive Venetōrum
Dative Venetīs
Accusative Venetōs
Ablative Venetīs
Vocative Venetī

References
  1. Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Erranc, p. 312-13
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