Catalauni
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editOf Celtic/Gaulish origin, probably from *Katu-uellauni, a plural form of *Katuwalos, from Proto-Celtic *Katuwalos, a name loosely meaning "chiefs of battle."[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ka.taˈlau̯.niː/, [kät̪äˈɫ̪äu̯niː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.taˈlau̯.ni/, [kät̪äˈläːu̯ni]
Proper noun
editCatalaunī m pl (genitive Catalaunōrum); second declension
- A tribe of Gallia Belgica
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Catalaunī |
Genitive | Catalaunōrum |
Dative | Catalaunīs |
Accusative | Catalaunōs |
Ablative | Catalaunīs |
Vocative | Catalaunī |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “Catalauni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Catalauni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Catalauni”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance, p. 311
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