Umbri
English
Etymology
Also called Ombrii in some Roman sources. Many Roman writers thought the Umbri to be (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value cel is not valid. See WT:LOL.; Cornelius Bocchus wrote that they descended from an ancient (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gaulish tribe. Plutarch wrote that the name might be a different way of writing the name of the Celtic tribe Ambrones, which loosely means "King of the Boii". He also suggested that the Insubres, another Gaulish tribe, might be connected; their Celtic name Isombres could possibly mean "Lower Umbrians", or inhabitants of the country below Umbria.[1]
Noun
- (historical) An Italic tribe of ancient Italy.
Related terms
Translations
Italic tribe
References
- ^ Prichard, Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind: In Two Volumes, Volume 2, p. 60
