Aedui
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editAedui pl (plural only)
- A Gallic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis whose chief town was Bibracte
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Αἰδούοι (Aidoúoi), from a Celtic/Gaulish name meaning "burning men," from Proto-Celtic *aidos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“fire”). Related to Old Irish áed (“fire”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈae̯.du.iː/, [ˈäe̯d̪uiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.du.i/, [ˈɛːd̪ui]
Proper noun
editAeduī m pl (genitive Aeduōrum); second declension
- The Aedui, a tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Aeduī |
Genitive | Aeduōrum |
Dative | Aeduīs |
Accusative | Aeduōs |
Ablative | Aeduīs |
Vocative | Aeduī |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “Aedui”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Aedui in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Aedui”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- La Triade pensée, parole, action, dans la tradition indo-européenne, Archè, Milan, 2009, p. 309
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