Silures

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English

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Noun

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Silures pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) A powerful and warlike tribe or tribal confederation of ancient Britain, occupying what is now southeast Wales and perhaps some adjoining areas.

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σίλυρες (Sílures), of Celtic origin, possibly Proto-Celtic *sīlom (seed; stock, lineage).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Silurēs m pl (genitive Silurum); third declension

  1. A tribe of Britannia, whose main towns were Isca Silurum and Venta Silurum

Declension

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Third-declension noun, plural only.

References

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  • Silures”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Silures in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Silures”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. ^ Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel (2014). García Alonso, Juan Luis (ed.). Continental Celtic Word Formation: the Onomastic Data. Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. p. 70.