Isurium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From the river Iseur, which is cognate with the Celtic name for the river Isara.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /iˈsu.ri.um/, [ɪˈs̠ʊriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈsu.ri.um/, [iˈs̬uːrium]
Proper noun edit
Isurium n sg (genitive Isuriī or Isurī); second declension
- a town of the Brigantes in Britannia, which was situated between Cataractonium and Eboracum
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Isurium |
| Genitive | Isuriī Isurī1 |
| Dative | Isuriō |
| Accusative | Isurium |
| Ablative | Isuriō |
| Vocative | Isurium |
| Locative | Isuriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “Isurium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Smith, A.H. (1962). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 7. Cambridge University Press.