Veneti

From Latin Venetī, q.v.

Veneti pl (plural only)

1. (historical) A seafaring Gallic tribe in Armorica, in the northern part of modern Brittany, during the Iron Age and under Roman rule.
2. (historical) A Venetic-speaking tribe in northeastern Italy and Slovenia under Roman rule.

• (Adriatic Veneti): Venetici, Paleoveneti

• See Venice

Of Celtic origin, from Gaulish Uenetoi (“the friendly ones, the kinsmen”), from Proto-Celtic *wenetos, a derivation from *wenyā (“kindred”).^[1]

Venetī m pl (genitive Venetōrum); second declension

1. Veneti (a Celtic tribe of Armorica in antiquity)

• English: Veneti

Of uncertain origin, although generally presumed to be a Venetic endonym. Initial scholarly agreement that the Adriatic Veneti were Illyrian was based on arguments since refuted. They worshipped Belenus and were possibly Celtic or heavily influenced by Celtic culture, despite repeatedly supporting the Romans against the Gauls. If so, the name may share the same derivation as the Armorican one above.

Numerous other theories from other substrate languages have also been offered however.^[2]

Venetī m pl (genitive Venetōrum); second declension

1. Veneti (a tribe of northeastern Italy and Slovenia in antiquity)

• English: Veneti

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