Bituriges

== French == === Noun === Bituriges m or f plural of Biturige == Latin == === Etymology === Gaulish tribal name, possibly meaning "kings of the world". Compare Proto-Celtic *bitus (“world, tribe”) +‎ *rīxs (“king”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɪˈtʊ.rɪ.ɡeːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [biˈtuː.ri.d͡ʒes] === Proper noun === Biturigēs m pl (genitive Biturigum); third declension (Cubi) a Gallic tribe in the province of Berry whose chief city was Avaricum, mentioned by Caesar in his commentaries (VII) (Vivisci) a Gallic tribe of Gallia Aquitania whose chief city was Burdigala (Bordeaux) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, plural only. ==== Descendants ==== French: Berry, Bourges === References === “Bituriges”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Bituriges”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Bituriges”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly Stanley Alexander Handford, Jane F. Gardner (1983), The Conquest of Gaul By Julius Caesar Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN