Viridomarus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Virdomarus

Etymology

Borrowed from Transalpine Gaulish [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯i.ri.doˈmaː.rus/, [u̯ɪrɪd̪ɔˈmäːrʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /u̯i.riˈdo.ma.rus/, [u̯ɪrɪˈd̪ɔmärʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vi.ri.doˈma.rus/, [virid̪oˈmäːrus] or IPA^(key): /vi.riˈdo.ma.rus/, [viriˈd̪ɔːmärus]

Proper noun

Viridomā̆rus m sg (genitive Viridomā̆rī); second declension

1. A Gaulish name, notably borne by a chief of the Aedui and a chief of the Gaesatae

   Tum Mārcellus cum parvā manū equitum dīmicāvit et rēgem Gallōrum, Viridomārum nōmine, manū suā occīdit.

   Then Marcellus with little cavalry fought also the Gaulish king named Viridomarus and killed him by his own hand.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Viridomā̆rus
Genitive	Viridomā̆rī
Dative	Viridomā̆rō
Accusative	Viridomā̆rum
Ablative	Viridomā̆rō
Vocative	Viridomā̆re

Descendants

• Italian: Viridomaro

References

• Viridomarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Viridomarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press