Levaci
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The Levaci were a small Belgic tribe living in Gallia Belgica during the Iron Age. They were clients of the most powerful Nervii.
They are attested as Levaci by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC).[1][2]
The ethnic name Levaci is a Latinized form of Gaulish Leuacoi (sing. Leuacos). It derives from the stem leuo- (perhaps 'slippery, slow') attached to the suffix -āco- ('belonging to').[3] It probably originally refers to a river, which would yield Levaci as 'those of the river Leva'.[4][3]
The village of Lèves (south of Namur) is named after the tribe.[4][3]
