Turicum

Latin

Etymology

Of pre-Latin, likely Celtic origin, from *Turīcon, from the personal name Tūros + the relational suffix *-īko-. Compare Proto-Celtic *dubros (“deep, dark water”), common in names.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tuˈriː.kum/, [t̪ʊˈriːkʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tuˈri.kum/, [t̪uˈriːkum]

Proper noun

Turīcum n sg (genitive Turīcī); second declension

1. A town in Gallia Belgica, now Zürich

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Turīcum
Genitive	Turīcī
Dative	Turīcō
Accusative	Turīcum
Ablative	Turīcō
Vocative	Turīcum
Locative	Turīcī

Descendants

• → Proto-West Germanic: *Turīk
  • Old High German: Zurīh
    • Alemannic German: Züri
    • German: Zürich

References

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