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Latin
Etymology
From Gaulish *Dubnorīx, from Proto-Celtic *dubnos (“world”) and Proto-Celtic *rīxs (“king”). Cf. Proto-Celtic *Dubnowalos (“world prince or chief”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dumnorīx m sg (genitive Dumnorīgis); third declension
- A prince of the Aedui and brother of Diviciacus
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Dumnorix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Dumnorix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.