gangadia

Latin

Alternative forms

• gandadia

Etymology

Attested in Plinius (Historia Naturalis 33 72) re mining in the Iberian peninsula and thus hypothesized (vd. Bertoldi 1931, König & Winkler 2007) as an Iberian substrate

Noun

gangadia f (genitive gangadiae); first declension

1. A mix of clay and gravel

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gangadia	gangadiae
Genitive	gangadiae	gangadiārum
Dative	gangadiae	gangadiīs
Accusative	gangadiam	gangadiās
Ablative	gangadiā	gangadiīs
Vocative	gangadia	gangadiae

Derived terms

• Portuguese: gândara, gándra, granda
• Spanish: gándara

References

• Javier De Hoz (2010) Historia lingüística de la Península Ibérica en la Antigüedad, pages 195-196
• gangadia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.