Radagaisus

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Latin

Etymology

From Gothic, interpreted to mean "counsel spear," from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz + *gaizaz.^[1] Compare Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰 (garēdaba) and *𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃 (*gais).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ra.daˈɡa.i.sus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ra.daˈɡa.i.sus/,

Proper noun

Radagaisus m sg (genitive Radagaisī); second declension

A Gothic king who was defeated by Stilicho

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Radagaisus
genitive	Radagaisī
dative	Radagaisō
accusative	Radagaisum
ablative	Radagaisō
vocative	Radagaise

References

“Radagaisus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

^ Michigan Germanic studies. (1990). United States: Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan..

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