Aduatuci

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Atuatucī === Etymology === Agreed to be derived from the placename Aduatuca. According to Xavier Delamarre, from Gaulish *aduātucā, from ad- (“towards”) +‎ uātu (“soothsayer”) +‎ -cā (“feminine of -āco, denoting the provenance or localization”), literally “place of the soothsayer, where one goes to prophesy” === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.duˈa.tʊ.kiː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.duˈaː.tu.t͡ʃi] === Proper noun === Aduatucī m pl (genitive Aduatucōrum); second declension a Germanic tribe mentioned by Caesar, dwelling in the eastern part of modern-day Belgium ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, plural only. === References === “Aduatuci”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.