Avaricum

Latin

Etymology

From the river Avara +‎ -icum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈu̯aː.ri.kum/, [äˈu̯äːrɪkʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈva.ri.kum/, [äˈväːrikum]

Proper noun

Avāricum n sg (genitive Avāricī); second declension

1. The chief city of the Bituriges in Aquitania, now Bourges

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Avāricum
Genitive	Avāricī
Dative	Avāricō
Accusative	Avāricum
Ablative	Avāricō
Vocative	Avāricum
Locative	Avāricī

Derived terms

• Avāricensis

References

• “Avaricum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Avaricum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Avaricum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly