britannus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Britannus, Britanni:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Geography:
- Britain
Britons (usu, pl.);
nom. sg.
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...mirifice Vergilius: XXVIII. "Corinthiorum amator iste verborum, Thucydides Britannus, Atticae febres, tau Gallicum, min et sphin +et male..."Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...miles conglobaverat, biduo obsessum expugnatumque. et victor Britannus, Petil[l]o Ceriali, legato legionis nonae, in subsidium adventanti..."