Treveri

Latin

Alternative forms

• Trēviri

Etymology

Gaulish name, from Proto-Celtic *trē-uer-o (“river crossers”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“through, throughout, over”) + *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“water”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtreː.u̯e.riː/, [ˈt̪reːu̯ɛriː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtre.ve.ri/, [ˈt̪rɛːveri]

Proper noun

Trēverī m pl (genitive Trēverōrum); second declension

1. A tribe of Gallia Belgica whose chief town was Augusta Treverorum
2. plural of Trēvir

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Trēverī
Genitive	Trēverōrum
Dative	Trēverīs
Accusative	Trēverōs
Ablative	Trēverīs
Vocative	Trēverī

Derived terms

• Trēvericus

References

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