Vardaei
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Ἀρδιαῖοι (Ardiaîoi). Possibly from Proto-Albanian *harδ or Proto-Albanian *hardhë (“lizard”) from Proto-Albanian *skardā[1] Compare the celtic Scordisci, Ancient Greek σκορδύλος (skordúlos, “newt”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯arˈdae̯.iː/, [u̯ärˈd̪äe̯iː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /varˈde.i/, [värˈd̪ɛːi]
Proper noun
[edit]Vardaeī m pl (genitive Vardaeōrum); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Vardaeī |
| genitive | Vardaeōrum |
| dative | Vardaeīs |
| accusative | Vardaeōs |
| ablative | Vardaeīs |
| vocative | Vardaeī |
| locative | Vardaeīs |
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hardhël f. Pl. hardhla 'lizard'. Other variants are hardhje, hardhicë, hardhucë, hardhushkë.”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 143
- “Vardaei”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press