Arduenna

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Ārdenna, Ārduendūnum, Ārduīna silva, Ārdennēnsis, Ārdoennēnsis

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ardwos, via Gaulish *arduo-.

Proper noun

Ārduenna f sg (genitive Ārduennae); first declension

  1. Ardennes (forest, geographic region and low mountain range in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg; in full, Ardennes Forest, Ardenne Forest, or Forest of Ardennes)
  2. Ardennes (a department of Grand Est, France)
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.3:
      At Indutiomarus equitatum peditatumque cogere, eisque qui per aetatem in armis esse non poterant in silvam Arduennam abditis, quae ingenti magnitudine per medios fines Treverorum a flumine Rheno ad initium Remorum pertinet, bellum parare instituit.
      But Indutiomarus began to collect cavalry and infantry, and make preparations for war, having concealed those who by reason of their age could not be under arms, in the forest Arduenna, which is of immense size, and extends from the Rhine across the country of the Treveri to the frontiers of the Remi.

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Ārduenna
genitive Ārduennae
dative Ārduennae
accusative Ārduennam
ablative Ārduennā
vocative Ārduenna
locative Ārduennae

Derived terms

  • Ārduennēnsis
  • Ārduenniāna
  • Ārduennana

References

  • “Arduenna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Letter A”, in ORBIS LATINUS‎[1], 12 October 2025 (last accessed)
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