Noricum
English edit
Proper noun edit
Noricum
- (historical) A Celtic state and later Roman province, approximately corresponding to modern Austria.
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Νώρικον (Nṓrikon), from an unknown source predating the Celts' arrival. Said to be a Phrygian or Thracian word, but of unclear meaning.
Robert Ellis (1855) supports a relation to Phrygian νώρικον (nṓrikon, “(wine)skin”), offering the hypothesis that the place derived from the hollowness of the river-valley. For semantic parallel, he cites Welsh cwm (“valley”), which derives from Proto-Indo-European *kumbʰo-, *kumbʰéh₂- (“vessel”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnoː.ri.kum/, [ˈnoːrɪkʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈno.ri.kum/, [ˈnɔːrikum]
Proper noun edit
Nōricum n sg (genitive Nōricī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Nōricum |
| Genitive | Nōricī |
| Dative | Nōricō |
| Accusative | Nōricum |
| Ablative | Nōricō |
| Vocative | Nōricum |
| Locative | Nōricī |
References edit
- ^ Ellis, Robert (1855) “On the probable Connexion of the Rhaetians and Etruscans with the Thracian stock of nations”, in The Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology, volume II, published 2012, , pages 3-4
Further reading edit
- “Noricum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Noricum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.