Gepidae

English

Etymology

From Latin Gepidae, from Gothic *𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌳𐍉𐍃 (*gibidōs), from Proto-Germanic *gibidōz (which see for more).

Noun

Gepidae pl (plural only)

1. (historical) The Gepids, an East Germanic people.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Gipedae, Gipidēs, Gebodorum (gen. pl.)

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌳𐍉𐍃 (*gibidōs), from Proto-Germanic *gibidōz.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.pi.dae̯/, [ˈɡɛpɪd̪äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.pi.de/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːpid̪e]

Proper noun

Gepidae m pl (genitive Gepidārum); first declension

1. The Gepids, an East Germanic tribe inhabiting the regions of the Tisza

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Gepidae
genitive	Gepidārum
dative	Gepidīs
accusative	Gepidās
ablative	Gepidīs
vocative	Gepidae

Descendants

• Bulgarian: гепид (gepid)
• Dutch: Gepide
• English: Gepid
• Finnish: gepidi
• French: Gépid
• German: Gepide
• Hungarian: gepida
• Polish: Gepid
• Romanian: gepid
• Russian: гепид (gepid)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: Гепид

  Latin script: Gepid

• Spanish: gépido

References

• “Gepidae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Gepidae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.