Veneti

See also: veneti and vèneti

English

Etymology

From Latin Venetī, q.v.

Proper noun

Veneti pl (plural only)

1. (historical) A seafaring Gallic tribe in Armorica, in the northern part of modern Brittany, during the Iron Age and under Roman rule.
2. (historical) A Venetic-speaking tribe in northeastern Italy and Slovenia under Roman rule.

Synonyms

• (Adriatic Veneti): Venetici, Paleoveneti

Derived terms

• Venetan

 

Related terms

• See Venice

Translations

Translations

• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἐνετοί (Enetoí)

  Modern: Ενετοί (el) (Enetoí)

• Italian: Veneti (it), Paleoveneti, Venetici
• Latin: Venetī

Latin

Etymology 1

Of Celtic origin, from Gaulish Uenetoi (“the friendly ones, the kinsmen”), from Proto-Celtic *wenetos, a derivation from *wenyā (“kindred”).

Proper noun

Venetī m pl (genitive Venetōrum); second declension

1. Veneti (a Celtic tribe of Armorica in antiquity)

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Venetī
Genitive	Venetōrum
Dative	Venetīs
Accusative	Venetōs
Ablative	Venetīs
Vocative	Venetī

Descendants

• English: Veneti

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin, although generally presumed to be a Venetic endonym. Initial scholarly agreement that the Adriatic Veneti were Illyrian was based on arguments since refuted. They worshipped Belenus and were possibly Celtic or heavily influenced by Celtic culture, despite repeatedly supporting the Romans against the Gauls. If so, the name may share the same derivation as the Armorican one above.

Numerous other theories from other substrate languages have also been offered however.

Proper noun

Venetī m pl (genitive Venetōrum); second declension

1. Veneti (a tribe of northeastern Italy and Slovenia in antiquity)

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Venetī
Genitive	Venetōrum
Dative	Venetīs
Accusative	Venetōs
Ablative	Venetīs
Vocative	Venetī

Derived terms

• Venetia
• Venetiae
• veneticus
• venetus

 

Descendants

• English: Veneti

References

• Veneti - Traduction latin-allemand | PONS