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

The Veneti cultivated fertile lands on the Venice.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" 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

I have a copy of an early edition, without printer's name or place of publication, and with the fictitious name Petri Suavis Polani; an anagram, though not an accurate one, of Pauli, Sarpis, Veneti.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 102, October 11, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Its people, the Veneti, were the head of the Armorican confederation, and commanded the fleet in time of war.

From Brittany & Its Byways by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

"Prol in Angliam" is, no doubt, Prawle Point, in Devonshire; a headland which must have been well known to the Veneti long before the days of Adam of Bremen.

From Notes and Queries, Number 74, March 29, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George