Vettones
Latin
Etymology
The name is from a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably Hispano-Celtic or Celtiberian. Compare Lusitania, whose tribe's language could be related.
Location of the Vettones in Hispania
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /wetˈtoː.neːs/, [wɛtˈtoː.neːs]
Proper noun
Vettōnēs m pl (genitive Vettōnum); third declension
- A possibly Celtic tribe which dwelt in the northwestern part of the Meseta Central, in the Roman province of Lusitania, east of modern day Portugal and north of Baetica, their largest city being Salmantica
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Vettōnēs |
| Genitive | Vettōnum |
| Dative | Vettōnibus |
| Accusative | Vettōnēs |
| Ablative | Vettōnibus |
| Vocative | Vettōnēs |
References
- Vettones in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Vettones in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Vettones in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Vettones in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Andrey Tikhomirov, Galina Tikhomirova (2018): Early Indo-Europeans. The formation of a linguistic community
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