Bononia
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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 Latin) IPA(key): /boˈnoː.ni.a/, [bɔˈnoːniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /boˈno.ni.a/, [boˈnɔːniä]
Proper noun
editBonōnia f sg (genitive Bonōniae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Bonōnia |
Genitive | Bonōniae |
Dative | Bonōniae |
Accusative | Bonōniam |
Ablative | Bonōniā |
Vocative | Bonōnia |
Locative | Bonōniae |
Descendants
edit- Emilian: Bulåggna
- Old French: Boloigne, Bouloigne
- Italian: Bologna
- Sicilian: Bulogna
- →⇒ English: bononian
- →? Polish: Bolonia
- → Spanish: Bolonia
See also
editReferences
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.
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- Latin terms derived from Celtic languages
- Latin terms derived from Gaulish
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Latin 4-syllable words
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- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
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