Arverni

English

Alternative forms

• Averni

Etymology

Latin Arverni

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːɹˈvɜːɹnaɪ/

Noun

Arverni (plural Arverni)

1. (historical) A member of an ancient, powerful Gallic tribe living in what is now the Auvergne region of France, who opposed the Romans on several occasions.

Translations

a member of an ancient Gallic tribe

• Portuguese: arverno m
• Spanish: arverno m

Anagrams

• arriven

Latin

Etymology

Gaulish tribe whose name, *Are-lica, is said to mean "the foremost rock," from *are (“in front of”) << Proto-Celtic *ɸare (“in front of”) + *lica (“rock”) << Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /arˈu̯er.niː/, [ärˈu̯ɛrniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈver.ni/, [ärˈvɛrni]

Proper noun

Arvernī m pl (genitive Arvernōrum); second declension

1. Arverni

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Arvernī
Genitive	Arvernōrum
Dative	Arvernīs
Accusative	Arvernōs
Ablative	Arvernīs
Vocative	Arvernī

References

• “Arverni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Arverni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Arverni”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN