Aduatuci

Latin

Alternative forms

• Atuatucī

Etymology

Agreed to be derived from the placename Aduatuca. According to Xavier Delamarre, from Gaulish *aduātucā, from ad- (“towards”) +‎ uātu (“soothsayer”) +‎ -cā (“feminine of -āco, denoting the provenance or localization”), literally “place of the soothsayer, where one goes to prophesy”

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.duˈa.tu.kiː/, [äd̪uˈät̪ʊkiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.duˈa.tu.t͡ʃi/, [äd̪uˈäːt̪ut͡ʃi]

Proper noun

Aduatucī m pl (genitive Aduatucōrum); second declension

1. a Germanic tribe mentioned by Caesar, dwelling in the eastern part of modern-day Belgium

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Aduatucī
genitive	Aduatucōrum
dative	Aduatucīs
accusative	Aduatucōs
ablative	Aduatucīs
vocative	Aduatucī

References

• Aduatuci in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.