Liburni

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Λιβυρνοὶ (Liburnoì). If related to the placename Liburnum in Liguria, the name may an exonym of Etruscan/Tyrsenian origin,[1][2] though the Liburni themselves were of an unclear Indo-European affiliation.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Liburnī m pl (genitive Liburnōrum); second declension

  1. A pre-Roman tribe settled in Istria

Declension

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Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Liburnī
Genitive Liburnōrum
Dative Liburnīs
Accusative Liburnōs
Ablative Liburnīs
Vocative Liburnī

References

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  • Liburni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Liburni”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. ^ M. Fluss, Liburni, PWRE. Bd. V, 583
  2. ^ M. Jokl in Ebert, Reallex. der Vorgeschichte, VI, 46-47