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Atrebates
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English
Noun
p
en historical A Belgic tribe of the Iron Age and the Roman period, originally dwelling in the Artois region.
Derived terms
en Atrebatian
Latin
Etymology
From la cel-pro *adtrebates inhabitants, from cel-pro *attrebā, from cel-pro *trebā home, building, see also Middle Breton xbm treff city, Welsh cy tref town and Old Irish sga treb farm, building, all from la ine-pro *treb- settlement (same source as ang þorp village, Lithuanian lt troba house, and Provencal oc trevar to live in a village or house). See also Old Irish sga aittrebaid inhabitant. Loaned through French into English as en artesian.
Pronunciation
Atrebatēs
Proper noun
Atrebatēs<3.pl> m
A tribe of Gallia Belgica, situated between the rivers Somme and Scheldt
Declension
Atrebatēs<3.pl>
Derived terms
la Atrebaticus
Noun
la noun form Atrebatēs m-p
la Atrebās nom p
References
la Celtic tribes