proper noun · femininefirst declension
Aduātuca
Aduātuca f sg (genitive Aduātucae)
Classical[a.duˈaː.tʊ.ka]Ecclesiastical[a.duˈaː.tu.ka]
Meaning
- synonym of Atuātuca.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aduātuca | — |
| genitive | Aduātucae | — |
| dative | Aduātucae | — |
| accusative | Aduātucam | — |
| ablative | Aduātucā | — |
| vocative | Aduātuca | — |
| locative | Aduātucae | — |
Adŭātŭca, ae, f. in the Tab. Peuting, Aduaca,
I. a fortress in the country of the Eburones, the Netherlands, between Maestricht and Louvain, now Tongres, Caes. B. G. 6, 32.
Origins
Borrowed from Transalpine Gaulish *Adwātukā (“place of the soothsayer, where one goes to prophesy”).