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Latin
Etymology
From Gaulish *Orgetorīx, from Proto-Celtic *orgeti (“kill”) + Proto-Celtic *rīxs (“king”). The etymology does not imply that the bearer of this name is necessarily a legal ruler.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Orgetorīx m sg (genitive Orgetorīgis); third declension
- A wealthy aristocrat among the Helvetii
Usage notes
- Sometimes given as Orgētorīx, based on the Gaulish coin spelling ORCHTIRIX; the evidence is not solid because the letter H in Gaulish did not necessarily denote a long vowel. Appears with a Greek Ε in Cassius Dio.
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Orgetorix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Orgetorix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Orgetorix”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray