Ordovices

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ordovīcēs.

Noun

Ordovices pl (plural only)

1. (historical) An ancient tribe of Britannia, situated opposite the island of Anglesey.

Derived terms

• Ordovician

 

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ordos (“hammer”) (Old Irish ord, Welsh gordd, Breton horzh) and *wiketi (“to fight”) (Old Irish fichid), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“fight, conquer”) (whence vincō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /or.doˈu̯iː.keːs/, [ɔrd̪oˈu̯iːkeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /or.doˈvi.t͡ʃes/, [ord̪oˈviːt͡ʃes]

Proper noun

Ordovīcēs m pl (genitive Ordovīcum); third declension

1. Ordovices (a tribe of Britannia)

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Ordovīcēs
genitive	Ordovīcum
dative	Ordovīcibus
accusative	Ordovīcēs
ablative	Ordovīcibus
vocative	Ordovīcēs

Descendants

• → English: Ordovices
• → Portuguese: ordovico
• → Spanish: ordovico

References

• “Ordovices”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ordovices”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Ordovices in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.