Bellovaci
English
editNoun
editBellovaci pl (plural only)
Latin
editEtymology
editGaulish/Celtic name, possibly from Proto-Celtic *bellos (“speak, roar”) (<< Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-) *wakos (“curved(?), empty”), which is related to *wāstos and the second element of Segovax.
Or, possibly a Roman exonym from bellum (“war”) vacuus (“empty”), though this is unattested.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /belˈlo.u̯a.kiː/, [bɛlˈlʲou̯äkiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /belˈlo.va.t͡ʃi/, [belˈlɔːvät͡ʃi]
Proper noun
editBellovacī m pl (genitive Bellovacōrum); second declension
- A tribe of Gallia Belgica, whose capital was Caesaromagus
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Bellovacī |
Genitive | Bellovacōrum |
Dative | Bellovacīs |
Accusative | Bellovacōs |
Ablative | Bellovacīs |
Vocative | Bellovacī |
References
edit- “Bellovaci”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bellovaci in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Bellovaci”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Celtic Culture: A-Celti (2006)
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