Gepid
Gepid noun: a member of an East Germanic people related to the Goths.
Noun
Gepid (plural Gepids or Gepidae)
- A member of an East Germanic people related to the Goths.
- A standing army was unknown under the first and second race; more than half the kingdom was now in the hands of the Saracens: according to their respective situation, the Franks of Neustria and Austrasia were to conscious or too careless of the impending danger; and the voluntary aids of the Gepidæ...1788, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume V
- The Gepidae, seeing that the king's son was killed, through whom in great part the war had been set on foot, at once, in their discouragement, start to flee.1906, Diaconus Paulus, translated by William Dudley Foulke, History of the Langobards, translation of original in Early Medieval Latin, page 42
Forms of Gepid
| plural | Gepids |
|---|---|
| plural | Gepidae |
Origin of Gepid
From Latin Gepidae.
Words formed from Gepid
Questions about Gepid
- What does Gepid mean?
- Gepid means a member of an East Germanic people related to the Goths.
- What part of speech is Gepid?
- Gepid is a noun.
- What is the plural of Gepid?
- The plural of Gepid is Gepids.
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