Petrocorii

Latin

Etymology

Gaulish tribe name, from *petru (“four”) + *corii (“tribes”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷetwores (“four”) + *koryos (“army, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”), cognate with Old Irish cuire.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pe.troˈko.ri.iː/, [pɛt̪rɔˈkɔriː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.troˈko.ri.i/, [pet̪roˈkɔːriː]

Proper noun

Petrocoriī m pl (genitive Petrocoriōrum); second declension

1. A tribe of Aquitania mentioned by Pliny, whose capital was Vesunna

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Petrocoriī
genitive	Petrocoriōrum
dative	Petrocoriīs
accusative	Petrocoriōs
ablative	Petrocoriīs
vocative	Petrocoriī

References

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