Volcae

== English == === Noun === Volcae pl (plural only) (historical) A Gallic tribal confederation that invaded Macedonia c. 270 BC and fought the assembled Greeks at the Battle of Thermopylae in 279 BC. == Latin == === Etymology === Possibly from Proto-Celtic *wolkos (“hawk”) (cf. the personal names Gaulish Catuvolcus and Welsh Cadwalch (“Battle-hawk”)), or alternatively (but less likely) Proto-Celtic *ulkʷos (“wolf”), in turn from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos, as Caesar described the Celts having fought with huge dogs. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɔɫ.kae̯] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɔl̠ʲ.t͡ʃe] === Proper noun === Volcae m pl (genitive Volcārum); first declension (ancient history) A Gallic tribal confederation of Gallia Narbonensis whose chief towns were Nemausus and Tolosa. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, plural only. ==== Hyponyms ==== Arecomicī Tectosagēs === References === === Further reading === “Volcae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Volcae”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Volcae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly