Valachus

Latin

Etymology

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Noun

Valachus m (genitive Valachī); second declension

1. Vlach
   • 1581, Alexander Guagnini, Sarmatiae Europeae descriptio, quae regnum Poloniae, Lituaniam, Samogitiam, Russiam, Massoviam, Prussiam, Pomeraniam, Livoniam, et Moschoviae, Tartariaeque partem complectitur [Description of European Sarmatia, Which Encompasses the Kingdom of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia, Russia, Mazovia, Prussia, Pomerania, Livonia, Muscovy, and Part of Tartary], folio 1r:

     Altera Europæa Sauromatia dicitur: cuius coloni ſunt Poloni, Ruſſi ſiue Ruteni, Lituani, Maſouitę, Prutenni, Pomerani, Liuones, Moſchouitę, Goti, Alani, Valachi, & Tartari qui in hac ripa Tanais fluuij occidentali, iuxta Pontum Euxinum degunt.

     The other is called European Sauromatia, whose inhabitants are Poles, Russians or Ruthenians, Lithuanians, Mazovians, Prussians, Pomeranians, Livonians, Muscovites, Goths, Alans, Vlachs, and the Tartars who live on this western bank of the Don river, near the Black Sea.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Valachus	Valachī
Genitive	Valachī	Valachōrum
Dative	Valachō	Valachīs
Accusative	Valachum	Valachōs
Ablative	Valachō	Valachīs
Vocative	Valache	Valachī