Namnetes

Borrowed from Latin Namnētēs, from Ancient Greek Ναμνιτῶν (Namnitôn).

the Namnetes pl (plural only)

1. (historical) An ancient Celtic tribe.

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.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [namˈneː.teːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [namˈnɛː.t̪es]

Namnētēs m pl (genitive Namnētum); third declension

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

Third-declension noun, plural only.

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• “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