Cenimagni

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ke.niˈmaɡ.niː/, [kɛnɪˈmäŋniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe.niˈmaɲ.ɲi/, [t͡ʃeniˈmäɲːi]

Proper noun

Cenimagnī m pl (genitive Cenimagnōrum); second declension

1. A Celtic tribe of Britannia, mentioned by Julius Caesar.
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.21:

     Trinovantibus defensis atque ab omni militum iniuria prohibitis, Cenimagni, Segontiaci, Ancalites, Bibroci, Cassi legationibus missis sese Caesari dedunt.

     The Trinobantes being protected and secured from any violence of the soldiers, the Cenimagni, the Segontiaci, the Ancalites, the Bibroci, and the Cassi, sending embassies, surrendered themselves to Caesar.

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Cenimagnī
genitive	Cenimagnōrum
dative	Cenimagnīs
accusative	Cenimagnōs
ablative	Cenimagnīs
vocative	Cenimagnī

References

• Cenimagni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Cenimagni”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly