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Lemovices

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Pronunciation

  • Classical: [ɫɛ.mɔˈwiː.keːs][1]
  • Ecclesiastical: [le.moˈviː.t͡ʃes][1]

Forms

Lemovīcēs m pl (genitive Lemovīcum); third declension[1]

Etymology

It is a Gaulish tribal name.[1] Wiktionary explains it as from Gaulish *lemos (“elm”) + *vices (“winners”), the first part going back to Proto-Celtic *limos and Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“elm”).[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Caesar names the people twice in the seventh book of the Gallic War,[2][3][4] as a people of Aquitanian Gaul, neighbours of the Arverni.[2]

Semantic evolution

Pliny the Elder lists them among the peoples of Aquitania.[2][4] Their chief town was Augustoritum,[1][3] and the tribal name, transferred to it, survives in Limoges.[2][3] The Tironian notes have a singular Limovīx.[3]

Timeline

  • c. 50 BC – Caesar names the Lemovices in the Gallic War.[2][3][5]
  • 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder lists them among the peoples of Aquitania.[2][4][5]

Meanings

Proper noun

  1. The Lemovices, a Celtic people of Aquitania, in what is now the Limousin.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  3. ^ a b c d e f Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
  4. ^ a b c d Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
  5. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de