Treveri

Latin

Alternative forms

Trēviri

Etymology

Gaulish name, from Proto-Celtic *trē-uer-o (“river crossers”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“through, throughout, over”) + *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“water”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtreː.u̯e.riː/, [ˈt̪reːu̯ɛriː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtre.ve.ri/, [ˈt̪rɛːveri]

Proper noun

Trēverī m pl (genitive Trēverōrum); second declension

A tribe of Gallia Belgica whose chief town was Augusta Treverorum
(plural form of Trēvir)

Declension

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Derived terms

Trēvericus

References

“Treveri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Treveri in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
“Treveri”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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