Nerviin.

Brit.

/ˈnəːvɪiː/, U.S.

/ˈnərviˌi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s Neruij, 1600s Nervi, 1700s– Nervii.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Nerviī.

Etymology: < classical Latin Nerviī (plural), the name of a Celto-Germanic tribe in the northern part of ancient Gaul (see below).

Ancient History.

A Celto-Germanic tribe inhabiting an area between the rivers Rhine and Schelde in northern Gaul (now Hainault, Belgium); the members of this tribe.

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1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales 266 The Treueri and the Neruij ambitiously seeme to haue their beginning from the Germans.

1611 T. Coryate tr. H. Kirchner Another Oration in Crudities sig. Dd8^v Those victorious people of Germanie, the Gothi, the Longobardi;..the Neruij, the Nemetes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 171 That day he [sc. Caesar] ouercame the Neruij .

1717 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 30 561 About the time Quinctus return'd out of Britain, and was fixt with the Legion he presided over, in Winter Quarters among the Nervii.

1745 Gentleman's Mag. June 296/1 Tournay..was taken by Cæsar after he had defeated the Nervii on the Sambre.

1866 Times 21 June 6/3 He has fully explained..his [sc. Caesar's] determination in crushing the Veneti.., and his cool courage in the struggle with the Nervii.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xvii. 285 He fell suddenly on the Nervii with four legions, seized their cattle, wasted their country.

1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves xi. 126 I..put my feet up, sipping the mixture with carefree enjoyment, rather like Cæsar having one in his tent the day he overcame the Nervii.

1989 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 21 May 23 In my few years of Latin at school I recollect a passage..which described the sort of hedge constructed by a Celtic tribe, the Nervii, in what is now Belgium.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nervii
释义	Nerviin. Brit. /ˈnəːvɪiː/, U.S. /ˈnərviˌi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s Neruij, 1600s Nervi, 1700s– Nervii. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Nerviī. Etymology: < classical Latin Nerviī (plural), the name of a Celto-Germanic tribe in the northern part of ancient Gaul (see below). Ancient History. A Celto-Germanic tribe inhabiting an area between the rivers Rhine and Schelde in northern Gaul (now Hainault, Belgium); the members of this tribe. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Germanic people > ancient Germanic peoples > [noun] > tribes AlemannieOE Quadia1387 Suevia1387 Batavian1598 Nervii1598 Rusa1837 the world > people > ethnicities > Germanic people > ancient Germanic peoples > [noun] > tribes > member of Suevea1387 Suevian1549 Rugian1561 Marcomanni1598 Nervii1598 Salian1614 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales 266 The Treueri and the Neruij ambitiously seeme to haue their beginning from the Germans. 1611 T. Coryate tr. H. Kirchner Another Oration in Crudities sig. Dd8^v Those victorious people of Germanie, the Gothi, the Longobardi;..the Neruij, the Nemetes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 171 That day he [sc. Caesar] ouercame the Neruij . View more context for this quotation 1717 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 30 561 About the time Quinctus return'd out of Britain, and was fixt with the Legion he presided over, in Winter Quarters among the Nervii. 1745 Gentleman's Mag. June 296/1 Tournay..was taken by Cæsar after he had defeated the Nervii on the Sambre. 1866 Times 21 June 6/3 He has fully explained..his [sc. Caesar's] determination in crushing the Veneti.., and his cool courage in the struggle with the Nervii. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xvii. 285 He fell suddenly on the Nervii with four legions, seized their cattle, wasted their country. 1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves xi. 126 I..put my feet up, sipping the mixture with carefree enjoyment, rather like Cæsar having one in his tent the day he overcame the Nervii. 1989 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 21 May 23 In my few years of Latin at school I recollect a passage..which described the sort of hedge constructed by a Celtic tribe, the Nervii, in what is now Belgium. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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