Lepontiiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

固有名詞

Lepontii pl (複数形 only)

1. The Lepontii, an Alpine Celtic tribe, who dwelt in the valleys of the south side of the Alps, in roughly Switzerland.

Latin

語源

Of Celtic/Gaulish origin, but the name's meaning is unclear; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s (“path”), evolving into the sense of "lagoon" or "morass." If so, cognate with Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “the sea”).^[1]

固有名詞

Lepontiī m pl (genitive Lepontiōrum); second declension

1. The Lepontii (Celtic tribe)

語形変化

Second-declension noun, plural only.

派生語

• Leponticus

参照

• “Lepontii”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Lepontii”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Lepontii in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• John T. Koch (ed.) Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia ABC-CLIO (2005)