Parisii
English
Noun
Parisii pl (plural only)
- A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Lutetia; Paris, the capital of France, is named after them.
- A British Celtic tribe located somewhere within the present-day East Riding of Yorkshire, in England, known from a single reference by Ptolemy, and possibly connected with the more widely known Parisii of Gaul.
Latin
Etymology
From Transalpine Gaulish *parios (“cauldron”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.
Proper noun
Parīsiī m pl (genitive Parīsiōrum); second declension
- The Parisii, a Celtic tribe
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Parīsiī |
| Genitive | Parīsiōrum |
| Dative | Parīsiīs |
| Accusative | Parīsiōs |
| Ablative | Parīsiīs |
| Vocative | Parīsiī |
Derived terms
- Parīsiacus
References
- “Parisii”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Parisii in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Parisi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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