Lepontii

From Latin Lepontiī

Lepontii pl (plural only)

1. The Lepontii, an Alpine Celtic tribe, who dwelt in the valleys of the south side of the Alps, in roughly Switzerland.

Of Celtic/Gaulish origin, but the name's meaning is unclear; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s (“path”), evolving into the sense of "lagoon" or "morass." If so, cognate with Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “the sea”).[1]

Lepontiī m pl (genitive Lepontiōrum); second declension

1. The Lepontii (Celtic tribe)

Second-declension noun, plural only.

• Leponticus

• “Lepontii”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Lepontii”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Lepontii in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• John T. Koch (ed.) Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia ABC-CLIO (2005)