Latin nouns: hveuclithus

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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