Dalmatae

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Believed to be borrowed from Illyrian, akin to Albanian delmë, dele (“sheep”).[1] The toponym Delminium has the same origin.[2]

Proper noun[edit]

Dalmatae m pl (genitive Dalmatārum); first declension

  1. the name of an Illyrian tribe inhabiting Dalmatia.

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Dalmatae
Genitive Dalmatārum
Dative Dalmatīs
Accusative Dalmatās
Ablative Dalmatīs
Vocative Dalmatae

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “Dalmatae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Dalmatae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Wilkes, John (1995). The Illyrians. The Peoples of Europe. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 244. →ISBN.
  2. ^ Stipčević, Aleksandar (1977). The Illyrians: History and Culture. History and Culture Series. Noyes Press. p. 197. →ISBN.
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