Latin nouns: hveuclithus

hveuclithus

Alternative forms

• hveuclitus, hveuclethus, hveucletus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὐευκλιθος (hweuklithos) from Primitive Menapian hwɪʉid ("to drive") + klėthʉ ("sword"), from Proto-Brythonic *hwɨβid ("to move") and klėðɨβ̃ ("sword") respectively, from Proto-Celtic *xswibīti ("to move") and *kladiwos ("sword") respectively.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA: /hu̯eu̯ˈkli.tʰʊs/, [hʊ̯ɛʊ̯kɫit̪ʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /u̯eu̯ˈkli.tʰʊs/, [ʊ̯ɛʊ̯klit̪ʰʊs̠]

Definition

Noun

hveuclithus n (genitive hveuclithī); second declension

1. a type of longsword used by the Celts, primarily the Belgic tribes.

Declension

		singular	plural
nominative		hveuclithus	hveuclithī
genitive		hveuclithī	hveuclithо̄rum
dative		hveuclithо̄	hveuclithīs
accusative		hveuclithum	hveuclithо̄s
ablative		hveuclithо̄	hveuclithīs
vocative		hveuclithe	hveuclithī

Descendants

Vulgar Latin: *hveclithus

• Balko-Romance:
↳ Romanian: uegliț
↳ Aromanian: uegliț
• Italo-Romance:
↳ Italian: uechito
• Gallo-Romance:
↳ French: huéglit → English: hueglit, weglit, wheglit
↳ Catalan: huesglit
• Ibero-Romance:
↳ Spanish: huiglito
↳ Portuguese: huigrito