Gepidae

English

Etymology

From Latin Gepidae, from Gothic *𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌳𐍉𐍃 (*gibidōs), from Proto-Germanic *gibidōz (which see for more).[1]

Noun

Gepidae pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) The Gepids, an East Germanic people.

References

  1. ^ Neumann, Günter (1998), "Gepiden §1. Namenkundliches", Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, 11 (2 ed.)

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Gipedae, Gipidēs, Gebodorum (gen. pl.)

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌳𐍉𐍃 (*gibidōs), from Proto-Germanic *gibidōz.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gepidae m pl (genitive Gepidārum); first declension

  1. The Gepids, an East Germanic tribe inhabiting the regions of the Tisza

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Gepidae
genitive Gepidārum
dative Gepidīs
accusative Gepidās
ablative Gepidīs
vocative Gepidae

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: гепид (gepid)
  • Dutch: Gepide
  • English: Gepid
  • Finnish: gepidi
  • French: Gépid
  • German: Gepide
  • Hungarian: gepida
  • Polish: Gepid
  • Romanian: gepid
  • Russian: гепид (gepid)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: Гепид
    Latin script: Gepid
  • Spanish: gépido

References

  • Gepidae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Gepidae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.