Orgetorix

From Gaulish *Orgetorīx, from Proto-Celtic *orgeti (“kill”) + Proto-Celtic *rīxs (“king”). The etymology does not imply that the bearer of this name is necessarily a legal ruler.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔrˈɡɛ.tɔ.riːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [orˈd͡ʒɛː.t̪o.riks]

Note: Sometimes given as Orgētorīx, based on the Gaulish coin spelling ORCHTIRIX; the evidence is not solid because the letter H in Gaulish did not necessarily denote a long vowel, as well as conflicting with the etymology. Appears as Ὀργέτοριξ (Orgétorix) with a Greek Ε in Cassius Dio.

Orgetorīx m sg (genitive Orgetorīgis); third declension

1. A wealthy aristocrat among the Helvetii

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• → Ancient Greek: Ὀργέτοριξ (Orgétorix)

• “Orgetorix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Orgetorix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Orgetorix”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray