Ariovistus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Of disputed origin. Possibly meaning "noble sage," from Gaulish arios (“noble”) + *uissu- (“knowledge, perception”) << Proto-Celtic *wissus (“knowledge”). Or less likely, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“host, army”) + *frustaz, *furistaz (“foremost, ruler, lord”). More at Ariovistus.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.ri.oˈu̯is.tus/, [ärioˈu̯ɪs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.ri.oˈvis.tus/, [ärioˈvist̪us]
Proper noun edit
Ariovistus m sg (genitive Ariovistī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Ariovistus |
| Genitive | Ariovistī |
| Dative | Ariovistō |
| Accusative | Ariovistum |
| Ablative | Ariovistō |
| Vocative | Arioviste |
References edit
- Ariovistus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Ariovistus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- ^ Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise (Éditions Errance, 2003), p. 55; also p. 215 on Ariomanus, p. 174 on Ariogaisus, p. 318 on Ariovistus, p. 55 on Ariobindus.
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “aryo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 43