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Umbri

Umbri

See also: umbri and ümbri

English

Proper noun

Umbri

  1. An Italic tribe of ancient Italy.

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  1. ↑ Prichard, Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind: In Two Volumes, Volume 2, p. 60

umbri

umbri

See also: Umbri and ümbri

Italian

Adjective

umbri

  1. masculine plural of umbro

Noun

umbri m

  1. plural of umbro

Romanian

Etymology

Either from umbră or from Vulgar Latin root *umbrīre, from Latin umbrēscere, present active infinitive of umbrēscō, from umbra. Compare Friulian ombrî ‎(“to shade”).

Verb

a umbri ‎(third-person singular present umbrește, past participle umbrit) 4th conj.

  1. to shade, make or keep in the shade
  2. (reflexive) to shade oneself, stay in the shade
  3. to become darker in color or shade; to darken

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Etymology

Also called Ombrii in some Roman sources. Many Roman writers thought the Umbri to be Celtic; Cornelius Bocchus wrote that they descended from an ancient Gaulish tribe. Plutarch wrote that the name might be a different way of writing the name of the Celtic tribe Ambrones, which loosely means "King of the Boii." He also suggested that the Insubres, another Gaulish tribe, might be connected; their Celtic name Isombres could possibly mean "Lower Umbrians," or inhabitants of the country below Umbria.[1]

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