Eboracum
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from pre-Brythonic and Proto-Celtic *Eborākom, from *eburos (“yew”) + *-ākom (relative adjective suffix). See the entry York for more.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /e.boˈraː.kum/, [ɛbɔˈräːkʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.boˈra.kum/, [eboˈräːkum]
Proper noun
editEborācum n sg (genitive Eborācī); second declension
- Eboracum, a fort and city in Roman Britain, which evolved into York.
- York
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Eborācum |
Genitive | Eborācī |
Dative | Eborācō |
Accusative | Eborācum |
Ablative | Eborācō |
Vocative | Eborācum |
Locative | Eborācī |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Old English: Eoforwīċ, Eoferwīc, Ēorwīc
References
edit- “Eboracum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Eboracum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Latin terms borrowed from Proto-Brythonic
- Latin terms borrowed from Brythonic languages
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