Teuta

Albanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Illyrian *Teuta, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people, tribe”). Related to Illyrian *Teutana (“queen (of the people)”). Similar to Proto-Germanic *þeudanaz (king,leader of the people).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.uˈta/

Proper noun

Teuta f (definite form)

1. name of the queen of the Illyrians
2. definite singular of Teutë, a female given name

Declension

See indefinite form Teutë.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Illyrian *Teuta, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people, tribe”). Related to Illyrian *Teutana (“queen (of the people)”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈteu̯.ta/, [ˈt̪ɛu̯t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈteu̯.ta/, [ˈt̪ɛːu̯t̪ä]

Proper noun

Teuta f sg (genitive Teutae); first declension

1. The queen of the Illyrians

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Teuta
Genitive	Teutae
Dative	Teutae
Accusative	Teutam
Ablative	Teutā
Vocative	Teuta

References

• “Teuta”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Teuta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.