Suiones
Suĭŏnes, um, m.,
- a northern Germanic people of Scandinavia, in the mod. Sweden, Tac. G. 44 and 45.
Suionēs, um, m., die Suionen, Kollektivname der germanischen Völkerschaften Skandinaviens, Tac. Germ. 45.
Suĭŏnes, (15) um, m. , peuple de la Germanie septentrionale : Tac. G. 44.
SUIONES
SUIONESare mentioned only by Tacitus ( Germ. 44) as the most northern of the German tribes, dwelling on an island in the ocean. He was no doubt thinking of Scandia or Scandinavia; and Suiones unquestionably contains the root of the modern name Swedenand Swedes.
[L.S]Suiŏnes
The general name of all the German tribes inhabiting Scandinavia (Germ. 44). See Scandia.