Obulco

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia (possibly specifically Turduli) name *Ibolka, with ib- perhaps influenced by the common Latin prefix ob-, though why the ending -a (common and acceptable in Latin) changed is unclear.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈbul.koː/, [ɔˈbʊɫ̪koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈbul.ko/, [oˈbulko]

Proper noun edit

Obulcō f sg (genitive Obulcōnis); third declension

A city in Hispania Baetica, partially excavated in the southern part of the present-day village of Porcuna, to which it gives its name, approximately 40 mīlle passūs east of Corduba

Declension edit

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Obulcō
Genitive	Obulcōnis
Dative	Obulcōnī
Accusative	Obulcōnem
Ablative	Obulcōne
Vocative	Obulcō
Locative	Obulcōnī Obulcōne

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Ancient Greek: Ὀβούλκων (Oboúlkōn), Ὄβουλκον (Óboulkon)

References edit

“Obulco”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Obulco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

^ Villar, Indoeuropeos y no indoeuropeos en la Hispania

[1] Villar, Indoeuropeos y no indoeuropeos en la Hispania

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