Lemovices
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English
Noun
Lemovices pl (plural only)
- (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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /le.moˈu̯iː.keːs/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /le.moˈvi.t͡ʃes/,
Proper noun
Lemovīcēs m pl (genitive Lemovīcum); third declension
- 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.