Brennus

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish *Brennos, from Proto-Celtic *brigantīnos (“(someone) pre-eminent, outstanding”), a diminutive of *brigantī (“high, exalted”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbren.nus/, [ˈbrɛnːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbren.nus/, [ˈbrɛnːus]

Proper noun

Brennus m sg (genitive Brennī); second declension

1. A chief of the Gauls who defeated the Romans at the river Allia.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Brennus
Genitive	Brennī
Dative	Brennō
Accusative	Brennum
Ablative	Brennō
Vocative	Brenne

Derived terms

• Brennicus

References

• Brennus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Brennus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Brennus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Personal and Family Names: A Popular Monograph on the Origin and History of the Nomenclature of the Present and Former Times, p. 200
• Raimund Karl: Thoughts on the Evolution of Celtic Societies. University of Wales, 2007, Brennus.