proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Vindelicī
Vindelicī m pl (genitive Vindelicōrum)
Classical[wɪnˈdɛ.lɪ.kiː]Ecclesiastical[vinˈdɛː.li.t͡ʃi]
Meaning
- historicalA former Celtic people of Switzerland and southern Germany.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Vindelicī |
| genitive | — | Vindelicōrum |
| dative | — | Vindelicīs |
| accusative | — | Vindelicōs |
| ablative | — | Vindelicīs |
| vocative | — | Vindelicī |
Vindĕlĭci, ōrum, m.,
I. a German people, whose chief town was Augusta Vindelicorum, the mod. Augsburg, Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 133; Tac. A. 2, 17; Hor. C. 4, 4, 18; 4, 14, 8; Suet. Aug. 21; Serv. ap. Verg. A. 1, 243. —Hence,
A. Vindĕlĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Vindelici, Vindelician:
orae, Mart. 9, 85, 5: saltus, Claud. B. Get. 365: spolia, id. ib. 415.—B. Vindĕ-lĭcĭa, ae, f., the country of the Vindelici, Vindelicia, Inscr. Orell. 488.
Origins
Potentially from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”) + -icus.