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Suiones
Suĭŏnes, um, m., a northern Germanic people of Scandinavia , in the mod. Sweden , Tac. G. 44 and ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
SUIONES are mentioned only by Tacitus ( Germ. 44) as the most northern of the German tribes, dwelling on an island in the ocean. He was no doubt thinking of Scandia or Scandinavia; and Suiones unquestionably contains the root of the modern name Swedenand Swedes.
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Suĭŏnes, um, m., a northern Germanic people of Scandinavia , in the mod. Sweden , Tac. G. 44 and ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.