Brunonis vicus

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Probably a calque of an Old Saxon name first attested in 1031 as Brunesguik: Brūnōnis (genitive form of Brūnō, itself a Latinisation of the Old Saxon Brūn and/or Old High German Brūn, i.e. St. Bruno of Saxony (d. 880), legendary founder of the settlement in 861) + vīcus (“village, (in Medieval Latin also) merchants’ settlement, centre for river-fishing or shipping”); at its founding, the settlement stood near a ford across the River Oker = “Bruno’s village” ≈ “Brownswick”. Compare the modern Low German name for the city (Brunswiek) and the English -wick.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /bruːˈnoː.nis ˈu̯iː.kus/, [bruːˈnoːnɪs̠ ˈu̯iːkʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bruˈno.nis ˈvi.kus/, [bruˈnɔːnis ˈviːkus]

Proper noun edit

Brūnōnis vīcus m sg (genitive Brūnōnis vīcī); second declension

Braunschweig, Brunswick (city in Lower Saxony, Germany)

Declension edit

Indeclinable portion with a second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Brūnōnis vīcus
Genitive	Brūnōnis vīcī
Dative	Brūnōnis vīcō
Accusative	Brūnōnis vīcum
Ablative	Brūnōnis vīcō
Vocative	Brūnōnis vīce
Locative	Brūnōnis vīcī

Derived terms edit

Brūnsvīcēnsis