Lemovices

English

Noun

Lemovices pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) A Gallic tribe dwelling in the modern Limousin region during the Iron Age and the Roman period.

Latin

Etymology

Gaulish name, from *lemos, from Proto-Celtic *limos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (elm) + *vices (winners) (related to *wiketi).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lemovīcēs m pl (genitive Lemovīcum); third declension

  1. A Celtic tribe of Aquitania, whose chief town was Augustoritum

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Lemovīcēs
Genitive Lemovīcum
Dative Lemovīcibus
Accusative Lemovīcēs
Ablative Lemovīcibus
Vocative Lemovīcēs

References

  • Lemovices”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lemovices in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Lemovices”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, Éditions Errance, Paris, 2003.
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