Rotomagus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Rothomagum

Etymology

From Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *rotos (“wheel”) +‎ *magos (“field”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /roːˈto.ma.ɡus/, [roːˈt̪ɔmäɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /roˈto.ma.ɡus/, [roˈt̪ɔːmäɡus]

Proper noun

Rōtomagus f sg (genitive Rōtomagī); second declension

1. The chief city of the Veliocasses in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Rouen
2. Ruan (a village and commune of the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France).

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rōtomagus
Genitive	Rōtomagī
Dative	Rōtomagō
Accusative	Rōtomagum
Ablative	Rōtomagō
Vocative	Rōtomage
Locative	Rōtomagī

Descendants

• Old French: Roem
  • French: Rouen
  • → Old English: Roðem
  • → Middle English: Rone (late)
  • → Medieval Hebrew: רודם
• French: Ruan

References

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