Catuvolcus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.tuˈu̯ol.kus/, [kät̪uˈu̯ɔɫ̪kʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.tuˈvol.kus/, [kät̪uˈvɔlkus]
Proper noun
Catuvolcus m sg (genitive Catuvolcī); second declension
- king of half of the country of the Eburones, while the other king was Ambiorix
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.24:
- Unam legionem, quam proxime trans Padum conscripserat, et cohortes V in Eburones, quorum pars maxima est inter Mosam ac Rhenum, qui sub imperio Ambiorigis et Catuvolci erant, misit.
- One legion which he had raised last on the other side of the Po, and five cohorts, he sent among the Eburones, the greatest portion of whom lie between the Meuse and the Rhine, [and] who were under the government of Ambiorix and Catuvolcus.
- Unam legionem, quam proxime trans Padum conscripserat, et cohortes V in Eburones, quorum pars maxima est inter Mosam ac Rhenum, qui sub imperio Ambiorigis et Catuvolci erant, misit.
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Catuvolcus |
| Genitive | Catuvolcī |
| Dative | Catuvolcō |
| Accusative | Catuvolcum |
| Ablative | Catuvolcō |
| Vocative | Catuvolce |
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