Orgetorix

== Latin == === Etymology === From Gaulish *Orgetorīx, from Proto-Celtic *orgeti (“kill”) + Proto-Celtic *rīxs (“king”). The etymology does not imply that the bearer of this name is necessarily a legal ruler. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔrˈɡɛ.tɔ.riːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [orˈd͡ʒɛː.to.riks] Note: Sometimes given as Orgētorīx, based on the Gaulish coin spelling ORCHTIRIX; the evidence is not solid because the letter H in Gaulish did not necessarily denote a long vowel, as well as conflicting with the etymology. Appears as Ὀργέτοριξ (Orgétorix) with a Greek Ε in Cassius Dio. === Proper noun === Orgetorīx m sg (genitive Orgetorīgis); third declension A wealthy aristocrat among the Helvetii ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → Ancient Greek: Ὀργέτοριξ (Orgétorix) === References === “Orgetorix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Orgetorix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Orgetorix”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray