Bellovaci
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English
Noun
Bellovaci pl (plural only)
- (historical) A Belgic tribe inhabiting the modern Picardy region, near the present-day city of Beauvais, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Latin
Etymology
Gaulish/Celtic name, possibly from Proto-Celtic *bellos (“speak, roar”) (<< Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-) + *wakos (“curved(?), empty”), which is related to *wāstos and the second element of Segovax.
Or, possibly a Roman exonym from bellum (“war”) + vacuus (“empty”), though this is unattested.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /belˈlo.u̯a.kiː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /belˈlo.va.t͡ʃi/,
Proper noun
Bellovacī m pl (genitive Bellovacōrum); second declension
- A tribe of Gallia Belgica, whose capital was Caesaromagus
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Bellovacī |
| genitive | Bellovacōrum |
| dative | Bellovacīs |
| accusative | Bellovacōs |
| ablative | Bellovacīs |
| vocative | Bellovacī |
References
- “Bellovaci”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bellovaci in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Bellovaci”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Celtic Culture: A-Celti (2006)