Batavi

See also: batavi

English

Noun

Batavi pl (plural only)

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

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Batāvī m pl (genitive Batāvōrum); second declension

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

Declension

Second declension.

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

References
  • 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
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