Brennus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Celtic *branos (crow).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Brennus m sg (genitive Brennī); second declension

  1. A chief of the Gauls who defeated the Romans at the river Allia.

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Brennus
Genitive Brennī
Dative Brennō
Accusative Brennum
Ablative Brennō
Vocative Brenne

Derived terms

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References

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  • Brennus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Brennus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Brennus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 85