Vardaei

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀρδιαῖοι (Ardiaîoi). Possibly from Proto-Albanian *harδ or Proto-Albanian *hardhë (“lizard”) from Proto-Albanian *skardā[1] Compare the celtic Scordisci, Ancient Greek σκορδύλος (skordúlos, “newt”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯arˈdae̯.iː/, [u̯ärˈd̪äe̯iː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /varˈde.i/, [värˈd̪ɛːi]

Proper noun

Vardaeī m pl (genitive Vardaeōrum); second declension

An Illyrian tribe settled on the Adriatic coast of the Balkans.

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Vardaeī
Genitive	Vardaeōrum
Dative	Vardaeīs
Accusative	Vardaeōs
Ablative	Vardaeīs
Vocative	Vardaeī
Locative	Vardaeīs

References

Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hardhël f. Pl. hardhla 'lizard'. Other variants are hardhje, hardhicë, hardhucë, hardhushkë.”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 143

“Vardaei”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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