Bononia

Latin edit

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Bononia

Etymology edit

From the Celtic word for “settlement”; compare Gaulish *bona (“foundation, fortress”) << Proto-Celtic *bonus (“foundation”) and Boii, the Latin name of the Gaulish people who occupied the region c. 4th century BC.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /boˈnoː.ni.a/, [bɔˈnoːniä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /boˈno.ni.a/, [boˈnɔːniä]

Proper noun edit

Bonōnia f sg (genitive Bonōniae); first declension

Bologna, Italy
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

Declension edit

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bonōnia
Genitive	Bonōniae
Dative	Bonōniae
Accusative	Bonōniam
Ablative	Bonōniā
Vocative	Bonōnia
Locative	Bonōniae

Descendants edit

Descendants

Emilian: Bulåggna
English: bononian
French: Bologne, Boulogne
Italian: Bologna
Sicilian: Bulogna
Spanish: Bolonia

References edit

“Bononia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Bononia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.