Editing Boudica (section)

== Name ==
''Boudica'' may have been an honorific title,{{sfn|Frénée-Hutchins|2016|p=12}} in which case the name by which she was known during most of her life is unknown.<ref name="Davies 2008 p. 141">{{harvnb |Davies |2008 |p=141}}</ref> The English [[linguist]] and translator [[Kenneth H. Jackson|Kenneth Jackson]] concluded that the name ''Boudica''—based on later developments in Welsh ({{lang|cy|Buddug}}) and [[Irish language|Irish]] ({{lang|ghc|Buaidheach}})—derives from the [[Proto-Celtic language|Proto-Celtic]] feminine adjective *''boudīkā'' 'victorious', which in turn is derived from the [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] word *''boudā'' 'victory', and that the correct spelling of the name in [[Common Brittonic]] (the British Celtic language) is ''{{lang|cel|Boudica}}'', pronounced {{IPA|cel|boʊˈdiːkaː|}}.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jackson |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth H. Jackson |year=1979 |title=Queen Boudica? |journal=Britannia |volume=10 |page=255 |doi=10.2307/526060 |jstor=526060|s2cid=251373737 }}</ref> Variations on the historically correct ''Boudica'' include ''Boudicca'', ''Bonduca'', ''Boadicea'', and ''Buduica''.<ref name="Wai22">{{cite book |last1=Waite |first1=John |title=Boudica's Last Stand: Britain's Revolt Against Rome, A.D. 60–61 |date=2007 |publisher=[[The History Press]] |location=Cheltenham, UK |isbn=978-07524-3-809-2 |page=22}}</ref> The [[Gaulish language|Gaulish]] version of her name is attested in inscriptions as ''Boudiga'' in [[Bordeaux]], ''Boudica'' in [[Lusitania]], and ''Bodicca'' in Algeria.{{sfn |Webster |1978 |p=[https://archive.org/details/boudicabritishre0000webs/page/14/mode/2up 15]}}

Boudica's name was spelt incorrectly by Dio, who used ''Buduica''.<ref name="Wai22" /> Her name was also misspelled by Tacitus, who added a second 'c.' After the misspelling was copied by a medieval [[scribe]], further variations began to appear. Along with the second 'c' becoming an 'e,' an 'a' appeared in place of the 'u', which produced the medieval (and most common) version of the name, ''Boadicea''.<ref name="Davies 2008 p. 141" /><ref name="DudWeb143">{{cite book |last1=Dudley |first1=Donald R. |last2=Webster |first2=Graham |author2-link=Graham Webster (archaeologist) |title=The Rebellion of Boudicca |date=1962 |publisher=[[Routledge & Kegan Paul]] |location=London |isbn=|oclc=3648719 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/rebellionofboudi0000dona/page/n7/mode/2up |page=143}}</ref> The true spelling was totally obscured when ''Boadicea'' first appeared in around the 17th century.<ref name="Wai22" /> [[William Cowper]] used this spelling in his poem ''Boadicea, an Ode'' (1782), a work whose impact resulted in Boudica's reinvention as a British imperialistic champion.{{sfn|Hingley|Unwin |2006 |p=[https://archive.org/details/boudicaironagewa0000hing/page/150/mode/2up 152] |ref=none}}