drungus
Latin
Etymology
From Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold, hold fast, support”).[1] Cognate with English dright and Lithuanian draũgas.
Noun
drungus m (genitive drungī); second declension
- (Late Latin) A troop
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | drungus | drungī |
| genitive | drungī | drungōrum |
| dative | drungō | drungīs |
| accusative | drungum | drungōs |
| ablative | drungō | drungīs |
| vocative | drunge | drungī |
Related terms
- drungārius
Descendants
- → Byzantine Greek: δροῦγγος (droûngos), δρόγγος (dróngos)
See also
References
- “drungus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- drungus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “drungus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 376