Aedui

English

Etymology

From Latin Aeduī

Proper noun

Aedui pl (plural only)

1. A Gallic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis whose chief town was Bibracte

Latin

Alternative forms

• Haedui

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἰδούοι (Aidoúoi), from a Celtic/Gaulish name meaning "burning men," from Proto-Celtic *aidos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“fire”). Related to Old Irish áed (“fire”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.du.iː/, [ˈäe̯d̪uiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.du.i/, [ˈɛːd̪ui]

Proper noun

Aeduī m pl (genitive Aeduōrum); second declension

1. The Aedui, a tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Aeduī
Genitive	Aeduōrum
Dative	Aeduīs
Accusative	Aeduōs
Ablative	Aeduīs
Vocative	Aeduī

Derived terms

• Aeduus

References

• “Aedui”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Aedui in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Aedui”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• La Triade pensée, parole, action, dans la tradition indo-européenne, Archè, Milan, 2009, p. 309