Ordovices

English

Etymology

  • Learned borrowing from Latin Ordovīcēs.

    Noun

    Ordovices pl (plural only)

    1. (historical) An ancient tribe of Britannia, situated opposite the island of Anglesey.

    Derived terms

    Latin

    Etymology

  • From Proto-Celtic *ordos (“hammer”) (Old Irish ord, Welsh gordd, Breton horzh) and *wiketi (“to fight”) (Old Irish fichid), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“fight, conquer”) (whence vincō).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Ordovīcēs m pl (genitive Ordovīcum); third declension

    1. Ordovices (a tribe of Britannia)

    Declension

    Third-declension noun, plural only.

    plural
    nominative Ordovīcēs
    genitive Ordovīcum
    dative Ordovīcibus
    accusative Ordovīcēs
    ablative Ordovīcibus
    vocative Ordovīcēs

    Descendants

    • → English: Ordovices
    • → Portuguese: ordovico
    • → Spanish: ordovico

    References

    • “Ordovices”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “Ordovices”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
    • “Ordovices”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.