Lexovii

Latin

Alternative forms

• Lexobii

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ληξόβιοι (Lēxóbioi), Ληξούβιοι (Lēxoúbioi), a Celtic/Gaulish name. According to Delamarre, it means "the lame," from *lexsovio (“bent over, lame”), from a Proto-Celtic *lexsowiyos. See also Welsh llechwedd (“slope, tilt”), Irish losc (“lame”), Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “slanting, crooked”), and the placename Arllechwedd.

Proper noun

Lexoviī m pl (genitive Lexoviōrum); second declension

1. A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Lexoviī
genitive	Lexoviōrum
dative	Lexoviīs
accusative	Lexoviōs
ablative	Lexoviīs
vocative	Lexoviī

References

• “Lexobii”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lexovii in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Lexovii”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, éditions Errance, 2003, p. 200.
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llechwedd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies