proper noun · masculinethird declension
Vasconēs
Vasconēs m pl (genitive Vasconum)
Classical[ˈwas.kɔ.neːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈvas.ko.nes]
Meaning
- historicalVascones (a pre-Roman tribe between the Ebro and the Pyrenees in northeastern Hispania Tarraconensis generally taken to be the early Basques)
- New LatinBasques
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Vasconēs |
| genitive | — | Vasconum |
| dative | — | Vasconibus |
| accusative | — | Vasconēs |
| ablative | — | Vasconibus |
| vocative | — | Vasconēs |
Vascŏnes, um, m.,
I. a people in Hispania Tarraconensis, on the Pyrenees, in the modern Navarra, the parent stock of the Basques, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 22; Juv. 15, 93.—As adj.: Vascŏnis, e, of the Vascones:
saltu, i. e. the Pyrenees, Paul. Nol. Carm. 10, 311. —A. Vascŏnĭa, ae, f., the country of the Vascones, Paul. Nol. Carm. 10, 202.—
B. Vascŏnĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Vascones, Paul. Nol. Carm. 10, 217.
Origins
From Ancient Greek Οὐάσκωνες (Ouáskōnes) attested in Strabo's 1st-century Geographica, Book III, of uncertain origin. Variously derived from αἴξ (aíx, “goat”) (literally “he-goat people”) or a variant of Ausci. According to Antonio Tovar, the name could have been from an exonym of entirely Proto-Indo-European origin given to the Basques by earlier Indo-Europeans inhabiting Basque country, based on the name ba(r)scunes found inscribed on coins matching the territory and period. The name would have been comprised of: * the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“tip, point, top”) * the suffix *-kon- * the consonant stem suffix *-es indicating the name as a nominative plural Thus, the name would have meant something like "the high (proud) people."
Occitan
- Frenchbasquefrom unknown basc
- FrenchBasquefrom unknown basc
- EnglishBasquefrom unknown basc
- Romanianbascfrom unknown basc
- WelshBasgfrom unknown basc
- IrishBascachfrom unknown basc
- IrishBascaisfrom unknown basc
Elsewhere
- Frenchvascon
- Frenchgasconfrom Old French gascon
- EnglishGasconfrom Old French gascon
- EnglishVascon
- GalicianBascuas