Viriathus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Viriātus

Etymology

Uncertain, either borrowed from Lusitanian [Term?] or Celtiberian [Term?]. The first part, viri-, is hypothesized to come from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”) or maybe through Proto-Celtic *wiros (“man”) (from which Old Irish fer (“man”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯i.riˈaː.tʰus/, [u̯ɪriˈäːt̪ʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vi.riˈa.tus/, [viriˈäːt̪us]

Proper noun

Viriāthus m sg (genitive Viriāthī); second declension

1. A chief of the Lusitani who fought against the Romans

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Viriāthus
genitive	Viriāthī
dative	Viriāthō
accusative	Viriāthum
ablative	Viriāthō
vocative	Viriāthe

References

• Viriathus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Viriathus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Viriathus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray