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Latin
Etymology
Uncertain, either borrowed from Lusitanian or Celtiberian . The first part, viri-, is hypothesized to come from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”) or maybe through Proto-Celtic *wiros (“man”) (from which Old Irish fer (“man”)).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Viriāthus m sg (genitive Viriāthī); second declension
- A chief of the Lusitani who fought against the Romans
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Viriathus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Viriathus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Viriathus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray