Veneti

American  

[ven-i-tahy] / ˈvɛn ɪˌtaɪ /

Also Venetes

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.

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Veneti British  

/ -taɪ, vɛˈnɛtɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Veneti

From Latin

Example Sentences

AQUILEIA, a large city of the Veneti, and formerly a Roman colony, near the river Natiso, which runs into the gulf of Venice.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius

In 56 B.C., however, the Veneti of Brittany threw off the yoke and detained two of Crassus's officers as hostages.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

Alliances were concluded with the Cenomani, a Gallic tribe to the north of the Po, and with the Veneti.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

The Kynetæ have reasonably been identified with the Veneti of Cæsar, whose native name is Gwynedd, and whose locality, in Western Brittany, exactly coincides with the notice of Herodotus.

From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

But the navy of the Veneti was strong.

From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)