Cherusci

English

Noun

1. A Germanic tribe.

Translations

Germanic tribe

• German: Cherusker (de) m pl
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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χηροῦσκοι (Khēroûskoi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰeːˈrus.kiː/, [kʰeːˈrʊs̠kiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /keˈruʃ.ʃi/, [keˈruʃːi]

Proper noun

Chēruscī m pl (genitive Chēruscōrum); second declension

1. A famous tribe of Germany

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Chēruscī
Genitive	Chēruscōrum
Dative	Chēruscīs
Accusative	Chēruscōs
Ablative	Chēruscīs
Vocative	Chēruscī

References

• “Cherusci”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cherusci in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Cherusci”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly