Eboracum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg, see that entry and York for more.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈbo.ra.kum/, [ɛˈbɔräkʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈbo.ra.kum/, [eˈbɔːräkum]
Proper noun edit
Eborācum n sg (genitive Eborācī); second declension
- Eboracum, a fort and city in Roman Britain, which evolved into York.
- York
Declension edit
Second-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 edit
Descendants 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.