Veneti

American  

[ven-i-tahy] / ˈvɛn ɪˌtaɪ /

Also Venetes

plural noun

1. an ancient people of NE Italy absorbed by Rome after the Second Punic War.

2. an ancient Celtic people of Brittany, conquered by Julius Caesar, 56 b.c.

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Veneti British  

/ -taɪ, vɛˈnɛtɪ /

noun

1. (functioning as plural) an ancient people who established themselves at the head of the Adriatic around 950 _bc , later becoming Roman subjects

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Etymology

Origin of Veneti

From Latin

Example Sentences

When Caesar was conquering the Celts of Western France he found that one of their strongest tribes, the Veneti, had been joined by two hundred and twenty vessels manned by their fellow-Celts from southern Britain.

From Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas by Wood, William Charles Henry

Ridolfi, Le Maraviglie dell'Arte, overo le vite di Pittori Veneti e dello stato, con. fig.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

AQUILEIA, a large city of the Veneti, and formerly a Roman colony, near the river Natiso, which runs into the gulf of Venice.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius

Result of the Victory—the surrender of the Veneti and of all Brittany.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

On the opposite side of the continental part of Italy, in the lowlands to the north of the Po between the Alps and the Adriatic, dwelt the Veneti, whose name is perpetuated in modern Venice.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly