Andecavi

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Gaulish tribe name, from *ande- + *cav- (bond).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Andecāvī m pl (genitive Andecāvōrum); second declension

  1. the Andecavi (a Gallic tribe in the region of present-day Anjou)

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Andecāvī
Genitive Andecāvōrum
Dative Andecāvīs
Accusative Andecāvōs
Ablative Andecāvīs
Vocative Andecāvī

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: Andécaves

References

  • Andes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ou -gāvi Andecāvi ou -gāvi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 124.
  • Andecāuī” on page 128/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Taylor, Isaac (1896): Names and Their Histories: Alphabetically Arranged as a Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature, p. 48
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