Britannis

Latin Etymology 1 From la grc Βρεττανίς. Also see la Britannia. Pronunciation britannis Adjective ((Britannis/Britannid<3.Greek>,Britannis/Britannid<3>)) f British Proper noun ((Britannis/Britannid<3.Greek>,Britannis/Britannid<3>)) f la in the plural British Isles la c. 5th century w:Priscianus Caesariensis De Orbis Situ Prisciani ex Dionysio Dionysius Periegetes Periegetes 577–580 http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Gel.+5.12&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2007.01.0071 Ast aliae [insulae] oceani iuxta boreotidas actas sunt geminae, Rhenique Britannides ostia cernunt; hic etenim lasso perrumpit Tethya cursu. Has tamen haud valeat spatio superare per orbem insula. However there are other twin islands near the northern shorelines of the ocean, separating the British Isles from the mouth of the Rhine; for here, the flow exhausted, it breaks through into the sea. There is yet hardly an island in the world that is able to surpass these in size. Declension ((Britannis/Britannid<3.Greek.both>,Britannis/Britannid<3.both>)) Further reading Britannis Britannis Britann- 21241 Etymology 2 la 1 Pronunciation Britannīs Noun la noun form Britannīs m la Britannus dat//abl p Briton Adjective la adjective form Britannīs la Britannus dat//abl mfn p British