Aedui

English

Etymology

From Latin Aeduī

Proper noun

Aedui pl (plural only)

  1. A Gallic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis whose chief town was Bibracte

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Haedui

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἰδούοι (Aidoúoi), from a Celtic/Gaulish name meaning "burning men," from Proto-Celtic *aidos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (fire). Related to Old Irish áed (fire).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aeduī m pl (genitive Aeduōrum); second declension

  1. The Aedui, a tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Aeduī
Genitive Aeduōrum
Dative Aeduīs
Accusative Aeduōs
Ablative Aeduīs
Vocative Aeduī

Derived terms

References

  • Aedui”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Aedui in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Aedui”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • La Triade pensée, parole, action, dans la tradition indo-européenne, Archè, Milan, 2009, p. 309
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