Batavi

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Batavi. === Noun === Batavi pl (plural only) An ancient Germanic tribe living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen. == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *Batawjō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [baˈtaː.wiː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [baˈtaː.vi] === Proper noun === Batāvī m pl (genitive Batāvōrum); second declension A branch of the Chatti, which occupied the territory of modern Holland ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, plural only. === 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