Contestani

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.tesˈtaː.niː/, [kɔn̪t̪ɛs̠ˈt̪äːniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.tesˈta.ni/, [kon̪t̪esˈt̪äːni]

Proper noun

Contestānī m pl (genitive Contestānōrum); second declension

1. An Iberian tribe that lived in the southwest of Hispania Tarraconensis

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Contestānī
Genitive	Contestānōrum
Dative	Contestānīs
Accusative	Contestānōs
Ablative	Contestānīs
Vocative	Contestānī

Derived terms

• Contestānia

References

• “Contestani”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly