Veneti

[ ven-i-tahy ]

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.

Veneti

/ vɛˈnɛtɪ; -taɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Veneti¹

From Latin

Example Sentences

For some of the higher questions of ethnology, however, the Liburni and Veneti are tribes of exceeding importance.

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It was the people called the Veneti who, more than a thousand years ago, settled Venice, and invented these little ships.

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These were apparently skiffs which were much lighter and smaller than the imposing vessels of the Veneti.

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He served under Cæsar in Gaul, during which campaign he destroyed the fleet of the Veneti.

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The Veneti took to fishing, then to making salt, and finally to mercantile enterprises.

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