drungus

Latin

Etymology

From Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold, hold fast, support”). Cognate with English dright and Lithuanian draũgas.

Noun

drungus m (genitive drungī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) A troop

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	drungus	drungī
Genitive	drungī	drungōrum
Dative	drungō	drungīs
Accusative	drungum	drungōs
Ablative	drungō	drungīs
Vocative	drunge	drungī

Related terms

• drungārius

Descendants

• → Byzantine Greek: δροῦγγος (droûngos), δρόγγος (dróngos)

See also

• banda
• turma

References

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