Teuta

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Illyrian *Teuta, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people, tribe”). Related to Illyrian *Teutana (“queen (of the people)”).[1] Similar to Proto-Germanic *þeudanaz (king,leader of the people).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Teuta f (definite form)

  1. name of the queen of the Illyrians
  2. definite singular of Teutë, a female given name

Declension[edit]

See indefinite form Teutë.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics", Matthias Fritz, 2018 - https://books.google.ch/books?id=zniWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT628&dq

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Illyrian *Teuta, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people, tribe”). Related to Illyrian *Teutana (“queen (of the people)”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Teuta f sg (genitive Teutae); first declension

  1. The queen of the Illyrians

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Teuta
Genitive Teutae
Dative Teutae
Accusative Teutam
Ablative Teutā
Vocative Teuta

References[edit]

  • “Teuta”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Teuta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ "Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics", Matthias Fritz, 2018 - https://books.google.ch/books?id=zniWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT628&dq
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