Brennus

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Celtic *branos (“crow”).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Brennus m sg (genitive Brennī); second declension

  1. A chief of the Gauls who defeated the Romans at the river Allia.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Brennus
genitive Brennī
dative Brennō
accusative Brennum
ablative Brennō
vocative Brenne

Derived terms

  • Brennicus

References

  • Brennus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Brennus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Brennus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 85
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