Greuthungi

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Latin

Alternative forms

Greothingi, Greutungi

Etymology

According to Schönfeld, the name means something like "gravel people" and is derived from Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”). More at Greuthungi. Compare Ancient Greek Γρόθιγγοι (Gróthingoi).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡreu̯ˈtʰun.ɡiː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡreu̯ˈtun.d͡ʒi/,

Proper noun

Greuthungī m pl (genitive Greuthungōrum); second declension

A Gothic tribe of the Pontic steppe

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Greuthungī
genitive	Greuthungōrum
dative	Greuthungīs
accusative	Greuthungōs
ablative	Greuthungīs
vocative	Greuthungī

References

M. Schönfeld, Wörterbuch der altgermanischen Personen- und Völkernamen: Nach der Überlieferung des klassischen Altertums bearbeitet (series: Germanische Bibliothek: I. Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher: IV. Reihe: Wörterbücher, edited by Wilhelm Streitberg), Heidelberg, 1911, p.113

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