Agreed to be derived from the placenameAduatuca. According toXavier Delamarre, fromGaulish*aduātucā, fromad-(“towards”) +uātu(“soothsayer”) +-cā(“feminine of-āco, denoting the provenance or localization”), literally“place of the soothsayer, where one goes to prophesy”
Aduatucī m pl (genitiveAduatucōrum);second declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Aduatucī |
| genitive | Aduatucōrum |
| dative | Aduatucīs |
| accusative | Aduatucōs |
| ablative | Aduatucīs |
| vocative | Aduatucī |