Silures
See also: silures
English
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Noun
[edit]Silures pl (plural only)
- (historical) A powerful and warlike tribe or tribal confederation of ancient Britain, occupying what is now southeast Wales and perhaps some adjoining areas.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σίλυρες (Sílures), of Celtic origin, possibly Proto-Celtic *sīlom (“seed; stock, lineage”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsi.lu.reːs/, [ˈs̠ɪɫ̪ʊreːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.lu.res/, [ˈsiːlures]
Proper noun
[edit]Silurēs m pl (genitive Silurum); third declension
- A tribe of Britannia, whose main towns were Isca Silurum and Venta Silurum
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Silurēs |
| genitive | Silurum |
| dative | Siluribus |
| accusative | Silurēs |
| ablative | Siluribus |
| vocative | Silurēs |
References
[edit]- “Silures”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Silures in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Silures”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- ^ Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel (2014). García Alonso, Juan Luis (ed.). Continental Celtic Word Formation: the Onomastic Data. Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. p. 70.
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