Radagaisus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Gothic, interpreted to mean "counsel spear," from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz + *gaizaz.[1] Compare Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰 (garēdaba) and *𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃 (*gais).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Radagaisus m sg (genitive Radagaisī); second declension

  1. A Gothic king who was defeated by Stilicho

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Radagaisus
Genitive Radagaisī
Dative Radagaisō
Accusative Radagaisum
Ablative Radagaisō
Vocative Radagaise

References

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  • Radagaisus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  1. ^ Michigan Germanic studies. (1990). United States: Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan..