Andecavi

Latin

Alternative forms

• Andegāvī, Andēs, Andī, Andicāvī

Etymology

Gaulish tribe name, from *ande- + *cav- (“bond”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /an.deˈkaː.u̯iː/, [än̪d̪ɛˈkäːu̯iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.deˈka.vi/, [än̪d̪eˈkäːvi]

Proper noun

Andecāvī m pl (genitive Andecāvōrum); second declension

1. the Andecavi (a Gallic tribe in the region of present-day Anjou)

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Andecāvī
Genitive	Andecāvōrum
Dative	Andecāvīs
Accusative	Andecāvōs
Ablative	Andecāvīs
Vocative	Andecāvī

Derived terms

• Andecāvēnsis
• Andecāvīnus
• Andecāvis

Descendants

• French: Andécaves

References

• “Andes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ou -gāvi Andecāvi ou -gāvi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 124.
• “Andecāuī” on page 128/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Taylor, Isaac (1896): Names and Their Histories: Alphabetically Arranged as a Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature, p. 48