Viridomarus
Latin
Alternative forms
- Virdomarus
Etymology
Borrowed from Transalpine Gaulish [Term?].
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɪ.rɪ.dɔˈmaː.rʊs], [wɪ.rɪˈdɔ.ma.rʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vi.ri.d̪oˈmaː.rus], [vi.riˈd̪ɔː.ma.rus]
Proper noun
Viridomā̆rus m sg (genitive Viridomā̆rī); second declension
- A Gaulish name, notably borne by a chief of the Aedui and a chief of the Gaesatae
- Tum Mārcellus cum parvā manū equitum dīmicāvit et rēgem Gallōrum, Viridomārum nōmine, manū suā occīdit.
- Then Marcellus with little cavalry fought also the Gaulish king named Viridomarus and killed him by his own hand.
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Viridomā̆rus |
| genitive | Viridomā̆rī |
| dative | Viridomā̆rō |
| accusative | Viridomā̆rum |
| ablative | Viridomā̆rō |
| vocative | Viridomā̆re |
Descendants
- Italian: Viridomaro
References
- Viridomarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Viridomarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press