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.

Case	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

banda
turma

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

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