Maroboduus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Likely from Gaulish *Marobodwos, from *maros (great), from Proto-Celtic *māros, + *bodwos (crow; warrior deity).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Maroboduus m sg (genitive Maroboduī); second declension[2]

  1. A king of the Marcomanni raised in Rome during his childhood

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

References

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  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “boduos, bodua”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 81
  2. ^ Maroboduus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.