Lepontii

English

Etymology

From Latin Lepontiī.

Proper noun

Lepontii pl (plural only)

1. The Lepontii, an Alpine Celtic tribe, who dwelt in the valleys of the south side of the Alps, in roughly Switzerland.

Latin

Etymology

Of Celtic/Gaulish origin, but the name's meaning is unclear; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s (“path”), evolving into the sense of "lagoon" or "morass." If so, cognate with Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “the sea”).

Proper noun

Lepontiī m pl (genitive Lepontiōrum); second declension

1. The Lepontii (Celtic tribe)

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Lepontiī
genitive	Lepontiōrum
dative	Lepontiīs
accusative	Lepontiōs
ablative	Lepontiīs
vocative	Lepontiī

Derived terms

• Leponticus

References

• “Lepontii”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Lepontii”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Lepontii in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• John T. Koch (ed.) Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia ABC-CLIO (2005)