See also: batavi

English

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Etymology

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From Latin Batavi.

Noun

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Batavi pl (plural only)

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

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *Batawjō.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Batāvī m pl (genitive Batāvōrum); second declension

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

Declension

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Second-declension noun, plural only.

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

References

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  • 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