Nasamones
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νασαμῶνες (Nasamônes).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /na.saˈmoː.neːs/, [näs̠äˈmoːneːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /na.saˈmo.nes/, [näs̬äˈmɔːnes]
Proper noun[edit]
Nasamōnēs m pl (genitive Nasamōnum); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Nasamōnēs |
Genitive | Nasamōnum |
Dative | Nasamōnibus |
Accusative | Nasamōnēs Nasamōnas |
Ablative | Nasamōnibus |
Vocative | Nasamōnēs |
- The nominative singular form Nasamōn is also found, either with the sense "one of the Nasamones" or as the name of the mythical founding ancestor of the tribe.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Nasamones”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Nasamones in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Nasamones”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly