Insubres

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Noun[edit]

Insubres pl (plural only)

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  1. A Gaulish people who lived in Insubria.

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Gaulish *Isombres, possibly meaning "lower Umbrians," from Proto-Celtic *en + Umbri. Also see the tribe Ambrones.

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Proper noun[edit]

Īnsubrēs m pl (genitive Īnsubrium or Īnsubrum); third declension

  1. A tribe who dwelt both in Gallia Transalpina and Gallia Cisalpina

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Īnsubrēs
Genitive Īnsubrium
Īnsubrum
Dative Īnsubribus
Accusative Īnsubrēs
Īnsubrīs
Ablative Īnsubribus
Vocative Īnsubrēs

Derived terms[edit]

  • Īnsuber (a member of the Insubres)

References[edit]

  • Insubres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Insubres”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Prichard, Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind: In Two Volumes, Volume 2, p. 60