proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Aduatucī
Aduatucī m pl (genitive Aduatucōrum)
Classical[a.duˈa.tʊ.kiː]Ecclesiastical[a.duˈaː.tu.t͡ʃi]
Meaning
- a Germanic tribe mentioned by Caesar, dwelling in the eastern part of modern-day Belgium
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Aduatucī |
| genitive | — | Aduatucōrum |
| dative | — | Aduatucīs |
| accusative | — | Aduatucōs |
| ablative | — | Aduatucīs |
| vocative | — | Aduatucī |
Adŭātŭci or Adŭātĭci, ōrum, m.,
I. a people of Cimbrian origin in Gallia Belgica, whose capital, acc. to D'Anville, was Falais sur la Mehaigne (acc. to Reich. Orb. Antiq. this town was i. q. Aduatuca), Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 2, 16, 29 al.
Origins
Agreed to be derived from the placename Aduatuca. According to Xavier Delamarre, from Gaulish *Adwātukā, from ad- (“towards”) + *wātu (“soothsayer”) + -cā (“feminine of -āco, denoting the provenance or localization”), literally “place of the soothsayer, where one goes to prophesy”