Thervingi

Latin

Etymology

According to Schöfeld, the name means something like "forest people" and is derived from Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu, “piece of wood”). More at Thervingi.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰerˈu̯in.ɡiː/, [t̪ʰɛrˈu̯ɪŋɡiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /terˈvin.d͡ʒi/, [t̪erˈvin̠ʲd͡ʒi]

Proper noun

Thervingī m pl (genitive Thervingōrum); second declension

1. A Gothic tribe of the Danubian plains

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Thervingī
Genitive	Thervingōrum
Dative	Thervingīs
Accusative	Thervingōs
Ablative	Thervingīs
Vocative	Thervingī

References

• “Thervingi”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Schöfeld, Wörterbuch der altgermanischen personen- und völkernamen, p.222