Batavi

See also: batavi

English

Etymology

From Latin Batavi.

Noun

Batavi pl (plural only)

1. An ancient Germanic tribe living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Batawjō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /baˈtaː.u̯iː/, [bäˈt̪äːu̯iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /baˈta.vi/, [bäˈt̪äːvi]

Proper noun

Batāvī m pl (genitive Batāvōrum); second declension

1. A branch of the Chatti, which occupied the territory of modern Holland

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Batāvī
Genitive	Batāvōrum
Dative	Batāvīs
Accusative	Batāvōs
Ablative	Batāvīs
Vocative	Batāvī

References

• “Batavus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Batavi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Batavi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly