Cingetorix

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish *kingetorīx (literally “warrior-king, king of warriors”), from *kingess (“warrior”) + *rīx (“king”), from *kengets (“warrior”) + *rīxs (“king”), from *(s)keng- (“to limp, walk lamely”) + *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kinˈɡe.to.riːks/, [kɪŋˈɡɛt̪ɔriːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃinˈd͡ʒe.to.riks/, [t͡ʃin̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛːt̪oriks]

Proper noun

Cingetorīx m sg (genitive Cingetorīgis); third declension

1. a Latin proper name borrowed from Celtic/Gaulish male name
   1. one of the leading chiefs of the Celtic tribe "Treviri"
   2. one of the leading chiefs of the Celtic tribe "Britons"

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cingetorīx
Genitive	Cingetorīgis
Dative	Cingetorīgī
Accusative	Cingetorīgem
Ablative	Cingetorīge
Vocative	Cingetorīx

References

• “Cingetorix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cingetorix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.