Ordovices

Latin

Etymology

The Celtic name *ordo-wik- could be cognate with the words for "hammer": Irish 'Ord', Welsh 'Gordd' (with a G- prothetic) and Breton 'Horzh' (with a H- prothetic). *-wik- from PIE root *weik- "to fight, conquer" (cf. Lithuanian apveikiu "to subdue, overcome," Old Church Slavonic veku "strength, power, age," Old Norse vigr "able in battle," Old English wigan "fight," Welsh gwych "brave, energetic," Old Irish fichim "I fight," second element in Celtic Ordovices "those who fight with hammers").

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /or.doˈwiː.keːs/, [ɔr.dɔˈwiː.keːs]

Proper noun

Ordovīcēs m (genitive Ordovīcum); third declension

  1. A tribe of Britannia, situated opposite of the island of Anglesey

Declension

Third declension.

Case Plural
Nominative Ordovīcēs
Genitive Ordovīcum
Dative Ordovīcibus
Accusative Ordovīcēs
Ablative Ordovīcibus
Vocative Ordovīcēs

References
  • Ordovices in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ordovices in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Ordovices in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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