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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Verticō m sg (genitive Verticōnis); third declension
- Latin proper name for a male name of the Nervii, Celtic tribe, mentioned by Julius Caesar.
c. 52 BCE,
Julius Caesar,
Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.45:
- Erat unus intus Nervius nomine Vertico, loco natus honesto, qui a prima obsidione ad Ciceronem perfugerat suamque ei fidem praestiterat.
- There was within our camp a certain Nervian, by name Vertico, born in a distinguished position, who in the beginning of the blockade had deserted to Cicero, and had exhibited his fidelity to him.
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.