Boudicca

Boudicca

1. Alternative form of Boudica.
   • 2023 April 2, David Barnett, quoting Duncan Mackay, “Boudicca returns as a 21st-century feminist – 2,000 years after her death”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Mackay says: “There is almost a mythological aspect to Boudicca, and she’s sometimes seen in the same way as King Arthur, but we know Boudicca was real, we just don’t know a huge amount about her.

   • 2026 January 7, Esther Addley, “‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     An “extraordinary” iron age war trumpet that may have links to the Celtic tribe led by Boudicca in the period they were battling the invading Roman army has been discovered by archaeologists in Norfolk.

• Boadica
• Boudicēa, Bouducēa, Boadicēa

Borrowed from Proto-Celtic *Boudīkā, from *boudīkos (“victorious”). Cognate with Welsh Buddug.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [buːˈdɪk.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [buˈdik.ka]

Boudicca f sg (genitive Boudiccae); first declension

1. Boudica (queen of the Iceni tribe)
   • c. 98 CE, Tacitus, Agricola 16
   • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 14.31

First-declension noun, singular only.

• English: Boudica, Boudicca, Boadicea, Boudicea
• Norwegian Bokmål: Boudicca, Boadicea, Boudica

• “Boudicca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• Boadicea, Boudica

From Latin Boudicca, from Gaulish *Boudīkā, from Proto-Celtic *Boudīkā, from Proto-Celtic *boudīkos (“victorious”), from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“booty, victory”).

• IPA^(key): /buːˈdɪkːa/

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• Rhymes: -ɪkːa
• Hyphenation: Bou‧dic‧ca

Boudicca

1. Boudica (a queen of the British Iceni tribe that led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire)

• “Boudicca” in Store norske leksikon