Nasamones

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νασαμῶνες (Nasamônes).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /na.saˈmoː.neːs/, [näs̠äˈmoːneːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /na.saˈmo.nes/, [näs̬äˈmɔːnes]

Proper noun

Nasamōnēs m pl (genitive Nasamōnum); third declension

1. A powerful tribe settled on the northern coast of Lybia

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Nasamōnēs
genitive	Nasamōnum
dative	Nasamōnibus
accusative	Nasamōnēs Nasamōnas
ablative	Nasamōnibus
vocative	Nasamōnēs

• The nominative singular form Nasamōn is also found, either with the sense "one of the Nasamones" or as the name of the mythical founding ancestor of the tribe.

Related terms

• Nasamōniacus
• Nasamōnias
• nasamōnītis
• Nasamōnius

References

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