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Brenni, v. Breuni.

Breuni (erroneously Brenni), ōrum, m., a people in Rhœtia, in the Upper Valley of the Inn, and bordering upon the Genauni, in the Lower Valley of the Inn, Hor. C. 4, 14, 11; Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 136; Flor. 4, 12, 4.

Brennus, i, m., = Βρέννος,

  1. I. a leader of the Gauls who defeated the Romans at the river Allia, Liv. 5, 38, 3; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 826.
    Hence, Brennĭcus, a, um, adj., of Brennus: signa, Sid. Carm. 7, 561.
  2. II. A king of the Gauls who invaded Greece in the second century B.C. and attacked Delphi, Cic. Div. 1, 37, 81; Just. 24, 5 sqq.; Val. Max. 1, 1, 18; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 51.