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Etymology

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Exonym meaning "people between the Matrona and the Matra," from Gaulish *medios << Proto-Celtic *medyos) + Mātrona. Also found in Ancient Greek as Μεδιομάτρικες (Mediomátrikes).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Mediomātricī m pl (genitive Mediomātricōrum); second declension

  1. A tribe of Gallia Belgica, whose chief town was Divodurum

Declension

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Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Mediomātricī
Genitive Mediomātricōrum
Dative Mediomātricīs
Accusative Mediomātricōs
Ablative Mediomātricīs
Vocative Mediomātricī

Derived terms

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References

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  • Mediomatrici”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Mediomatrici in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Mediomatrici”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Mountain, Harry (1998). The Celtic Encyclopedia , Volume 1. Universal-Publishers. p. 194.