Orgetorix

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Orgetorīx m sg (genitive Orgetorīgis); third declension

  1. A wealthy aristocrat among the Helvetii

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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. Appears with a Greek Ε in Cassius Dio.

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Orgetorīx
Genitive Orgetorīgis
Dative Orgetorīgī
Accusative Orgetorīgem
Ablative Orgetorīge
Vocative Orgetorīx

References[edit]

  • 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