Insubres

English

Noun

Insubres pl (plural only)

1. A Gaulish people who lived in Insubria.

Translations

Translations

• Italian: Insubri

Anagrams

• suberins

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish *Isombres, possibly meaning "lower Umbrians," from Proto-Celtic *en + Umbri. Also see the tribe Ambrones.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.su.breːs/, [ˈĩːs̠ʊbreːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.su.bres/, [ˈinsubres]

Proper noun

Īnsubrēs m pl (genitive Īnsubrium or Īnsubrum); third declension

1. A tribe who dwelt both in Gallia Transalpina and Gallia Cisalpina

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem), plural only.

	plural
nominative	Īnsubrēs
genitive	Īnsubrium Īnsubrum
dative	Īnsubribus
accusative	Īnsubrēs Īnsubrīs
ablative	Īnsubribus
vocative	Īnsubrēs

Derived terms

• Īnsuber (“a member of the Insubres”)

References

• Insubres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Insubres”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Prichard, Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind: In Two Volumes, Volume 2, p. 60