Nuithones
Nuithōnes, um, m.,
- a Germanic people near the Elbe, Tac. G. 40.
Nuithŏnes, um, m. , peuple de Germanie : Tac. G. 40.
NUITHONES
NUITHONESa German tribe, mentioned by Tacitus ( Germ. 40) as inhabiting the banks of the Albis ( Elbe), to the SW. of the Longobardi. They in common with other neighboring tribes worshipped Ertha, that is, the Earth. In some editions the name is written Nurtones; so that nothing definite can be said either in regard to the import of their name or to the exact locality they inhabited.
[L.S]Nuithōnes
A people of Germany dwelling on the right bank of the Albis (Elbe), in the modern Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Germ. 40).