Boudicea

English

Proper noun

Boudicea

1. Alternative form of Boudica

Latin

Alternative forms

• Boudicca, Bouducēa, Boadicea, Boadica

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Celtic *Boudīkā, from *boudīkos (“victorious”). Cognate with Welsh Buddug.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bo.u.diˈkeː.a/, [boʊd̪ɪˈkeːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bo.u.diˈt͡ʃe.a/, [boud̪iˈt͡ʃɛːä]

Proper noun

Boudicēa f sg (genitive Boudicēae); first declension

1. Boudica (queen of the Iceni tribe)
   • c. 98 CE, Tacitus, Agricola 16
   • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 14.31

Inflection

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Boudicēa
Genitive	Boudicēae
Dative	Boudicēae
Accusative	Boudicēam
Ablative	Boudicēā
Vocative	Boudicēa

Descendants

• English: Boudica, Boadicea, Boudicea, Boudicca
• Norwegian Bokmål: Boudicca, Boadicea, Boudica

References

• “Boudicea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press