Treveri

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Gaulish name, from Proto-Celtic *trē-uer-o (river crossers), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (through, throughout, over) + *h₂ékʷeh₂ (water).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Trēverī m pl (genitive Trēverōrum); second declension

  1. A tribe of Gallia Belgica whose chief town was Augusta Treverorum
  2. plural of Trēvir

Declension

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Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Trēverī
Genitive Trēverōrum
Dative Trēverīs
Accusative Trēverōs
Ablative Trēverīs
Vocative Trēverī

Derived terms

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References

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  • Treveri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Treveri in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Treveri”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly