Peucetii

English

Noun

Peucetii pl (plural only)

1. An ancient tribe inhabiting Apulia in southern Italy.

Related terms

• Peucetian

Translations

ancient tribe

• French: Peucètes pl, Peucétiens pl
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Πευκέτιοι (Peukétioi)

• Italian: Peucezi pl, Peuceti pl

Anagrams

• cutie pie, cutie-pie

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πευκέτιοι (Peukétioi), probably related to πεύκη (peúkē, “pine”).

Proper noun

Peucetiī m pl (genitive Peucetiōrum); second declension

1. A tribe of southern Italy, inhabiting the southern part of Apulia

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Peucetiī
genitive	Peucetiōrum
dative	Peucetiīs
accusative	Peucetiōs
ablative	Peucetiīs
vocative	Peucetiī
locative	Peucetiīs

Derived terms

• Peucetia

References

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