"Volcae" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Volcae pl (plural only)
  1. (historical) A Gallic tribal confederation that invaded Macedonia c. 270 BC and fought the assembled Greeks at the Battle of Thermopylae in 279 BC. Tags: historical, plural, plural-only

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: /ˈu̯ol.kae̯/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪käe̯] [Classical-Latin], /ˈvol.t͡ʃe/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈvɔl̠ʲt͡ʃe] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: Volcārum [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Volcae [nominative, plural], Volcārum [genitive, plural], Volcīs [dative, plural], Volcās [accusative, plural], Volcīs [ablative, plural], Volcae [plural, vocative]
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. Etymology templates: {{der|la|cel-pro|*wolkos||hawk}} Proto-Celtic *wolkos (“hawk”), {{der|la|cel-pro|*ulkʷos||wolf}} Proto-Celtic *ulkʷos (“wolf”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*wĺ̥kʷos}} Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Volcae<1>|g=m}} Volcae m pl (genitive Volcārum); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Volcae<1>}}
  1. (ancient history) A Gallic tribal confederation of Gallia Narbonensis whose chief towns were Nemausus and Tolosa. Tags: declension-1, masculine, plural Categories (topical): Tribes

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