Bituriges
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French
Noun
Bituriges m or f
Latin
Etymology
Gaulish tribal name, possibly meaning "kings of the world". Compare Proto-Celtic *bitus (“world, tribe”) + *rīxs (“king”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Biturigēs m pl (genitive Biturigum); third declension
- (Cubi) a Gallic tribe in the province of Berry whose chief city was Avaricum, mentioned by Caesar in his commentaries (VII)
- (Vivisci) a Gallic tribe of Gallia Aquitania whose chief city was Burdigala (Bordeaux)
Declension
Third-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Biturigēs |
| genitive | Biturigum |
| dative | Biturigibus |
| accusative | Biturigēs |
| ablative | Biturigibus |
| vocative | Biturigēs |
Descendants
References
- “Bituriges”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bituriges in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Bituriges”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Stanley Alexander Handford, Jane F. Gardner (1983), The Conquest of Gaul By Julius Caesar
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN