Mediomatrici

Latin

Etymology

Exonym meaning "people between the Matrona and the Matra," from medio (or Gaulish *medios << Proto-Celtic *medyos) + Matrona. Also found in Ancient Greek as Μεδιομάτρικες (Mediomátrikes).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mediōmatricī m pl (genitive Mediōmatricōrum); second declension

  1. A tribe of Gallia Belgica, whose chief town was Divodurum

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Mediōmatricī
Genitive Mediōmatricōrum
Dative Mediōmatricīs
Accusative Mediōmatricōs
Ablative Mediōmatricīs
Vocative Mediōmatricī

Derived terms

  • Mediōmatricus

References

  • Mediomatrici”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Mediomatrici in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Mediomatrici”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Mountain, Harry (1998). The Celtic Encyclopedia , Volume 1. Universal-Publishers. p. 194.
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