Daunii
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Daunii pl (plural only)
Related terms
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Δαύνιοι (Daúnioi), said to be from the tribe's word for wolf, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dhau (“to strangle”), perhaps through Illyrian where the voiced aspirate dh is expected.[1] Compared to this are the god Faunus and Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr, “beast, wolf”), though the latter is likely instead from *ǵʰwer-. More at Daunii and Faunus.
Proper noun
[edit]Dauniī m pl (genitive Dauniōrum); second declension
- A tribe of southern Italy, inhabiting the part of Apulia included between the rivers Aufidus and Frento
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Dauniī |
Genitive | Dauniōrum |
Dative | Dauniīs |
Accusative | Dauniōs |
Ablative | Dauniīs |
Vocative | Dauniī |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Daunia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Kershaw, Priscilla (2000): The One-eyed God: Odin and the (Indo-)Germanic Männerbünde, p. 131, 141
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English pluralia tantum
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Illyrian
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin pluralia tantum
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