Thervingi

Latin

Etymology

According to Schönfeld, the name means something like "forest people" and is derived from Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu, piece of wood). More at Thervingi.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Thervingī m pl (genitive Thervingōrum); second declension

  1. A Gothic tribe of the Danubian plains

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Thervingī
genitive Thervingōrum
dative Thervingīs
accusative Thervingōs
ablative Thervingīs
vocative Thervingī

References

  • Thervingi”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • M. Schönfeld, Wörterbuch der altgermanischen Personen- und Völkernamen: Nach der Überlieferung des klassischen Altertums bearbeitet (series: Germanische Bibliothek: I. Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher: IV. Reihe: Wörterbücher, edited by Wilhelm Streitberg), Heidelberg, 1911, p.222