Lemovices

English

Noun

Lemovices pl (plural only)

1. (historical) A Gallic tribe dwelling in the modern Limousin region during the Iron Age and the Roman period.

Latin

Etymology

Gaulish name, from *lemos, from Proto-Celtic *limos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“elm”) + *vices (“winners”) (related to *wiketi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /le.moˈu̯iː.keːs/, [ɫ̪ɛmoˈu̯iːkeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /le.moˈvi.t͡ʃes/, [lemoˈviːt͡ʃes]

Proper noun

Lemovīcēs m pl (genitive Lemovīcum); third declension

1. A Celtic tribe of Aquitania, whose chief town was Augustoritum

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Lemovīcēs
Genitive	Lemovīcum
Dative	Lemovīcibus
Accusative	Lemovīcēs
Ablative	Lemovīcibus
Vocative	Lemovīcēs

References

• “Lemovices”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lemovices in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Lemovices”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, Éditions Errance, Paris, 2003.