Bellovaci
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
Bellovaci pl (plural only)
- (historical) A Belgic tribe inhabiting the modern Picardy region, near the present-day city of Beauvais, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Gaulish/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) IPA(key): /belˈlo.u̯a.kiː/, [bɛlˈlʲou̯äkiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /belˈlo.va.t͡ʃi/, [belˈlɔːvät͡ʃi]
Proper noun[edit]
Bellovacī m pl (genitive Bellovacōrum); second declension
- A tribe of Gallia Belgica, whose capital was Caesaromagus
Declension[edit]
Second-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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