Daunii

English

Noun

Daunii pl (plural only)

  1. The ancient inhabitants of Daunia in southern Italy.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δαύνιοι (Daúnioi), said to be from the tribe's word for wolf, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dhau (“to strangle”), perhaps through Illyrian where the voiced aspirate dh is expected.[1] Compared to this are the god Faunus and Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr, “beast, wolf”), though the latter is likely instead from *ǵʰwer-. More at Daunii and Faunus.

Proper noun

Dauniī m pl (genitive Dauniōrum); second declension

  1. A tribe of southern Italy, inhabiting the part of Apulia included between the rivers Aufidus and Frento

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Dauniī
Genitive Dauniōrum
Dative Dauniīs
Accusative Dauniōs
Ablative Dauniīs
Vocative Dauniī

Derived terms
  • Daunia

References
  • Daunia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. Kershaw, Priscilla (2000): The One-eyed God: Odin and the (Indo-)Germanic Männerbünde, p. 131, 141
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