Namnetes
Namnētes, um, m.,
- a people in Celtic Gaul, near the site of Nantes, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 10; Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107.—In sing.: Namnis, Inscr. Orell. 188.—
- II Transf., the capital of the Namnetes, the modern Nantes, Ven. Ep. 3.
Namnetēs, um, m., eine Völkerschaft im keltischen Gallien, am nördl. Ufer des Liger, in der Gegend des heutigen Nantes, Caes. b. G. 3, 9, 10. Plin. 4, 107. – Sing. Namnis, Corp. inscr. Lat. 13, 6230.
Namnētes, (16) um, m. , peuple de la Gaule Celtique (auj. Nantes) : Cæs. G. 3, 9, 10 ; Plin. 4, 107.
NAMNETES
NAMNE´TES, NANNE´TES(Ναμνῆται, Ptol. 2.8.9), for there is authority for both forms, were a Gallic people on the north side of the Liger ( Loire), and on the sea. The river separated them from the Pictones or Pictavi. (Strab. 4. p. 190.) Their chief town was Condivicnum (Nantes). When Caesar was carrying on his war with the Veneti, these maritime Galli called in to their aid the Osismi, Nannetes, and other neighbouring people. (Caes. B. G. 3.9.) The Brivates Portus of Ptolemy is within the limits of the Namnetes. The former diocese of Nantesexceeded the limits of the territory of the Namnetes.
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