"Belgae" meaning in Latin

See Belgae in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈbɛɫ.ɡae̯] [Classical-Latin], [ˈbɛl̠ʲ.d͡ʒe] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-? Proto-Celtic *belgosbor. Latin Belgae From Proto-Celtic *belgos (“swollen (with anger)”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to bulge, swell”), thus meaning "People who swell (with fury/anger)." Also see Old English belgan and Dutch gebelgd. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:bor|cel-pro:*belgos|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-? Proto-Celtic *belgosbor. Latin Belgae, {{der|la|cel-pro|*belgos|t=swollen (with anger)}} Proto-Celtic *belgos (“swollen (with anger)”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*bʰelǵʰ-||to bulge, swell}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to bulge, swell”), {{cog|ang|belgan}} Old English belgan, {{cog|nl|gebelgd}} Dutch gebelgd Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Belgae<1>|g=m}} Belgae m pl (genitive Belgārum); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Belga<1.both>|footnote=Usually plural, but the singular "Belga" is found in Lucan's Bellum Civile (1.426).}} Forms: Belgārum [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Belga [nominative, singular], Belgae [nominative, plural], Belgae [genitive, singular], Belgārum [genitive, plural], Belgae [dative, singular], Belgīs [dative, plural], Belgam [accusative, singular], Belgās [accusative, plural], Belgā [ablative, singular], Belgīs [ablative, plural], Belga [singular, vocative], Belgae [plural, vocative]
  1. Belgae; a group of tribes of northern Gaul Tags: declension-1, masculine, plural Derived forms: belgicus

Inflected forms

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