Vormatia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Wormacia, Wormatia

Etymology

A latinized form of Borbetomagus under influence from -ātus (“forming adjectives”) + -ia (“forming place names”), from a Gaulish name of uncertain origin but generally taken to refer to the Celtic god Borvo or to a river, spring, or other waters named for him + Proto-Celtic *magos (“field, plain”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯orˈma.ti.a/, [u̯ɔrˈmät̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vorˈmat.t͡si.a/, [vorˈmät̪ː͡s̪iä]

Proper noun

Vormatia f sg (genitive Vormatiae); first declension

1. Worms (a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Vormatia
Genitive	Vormatiae
Dative	Vormatiae
Accusative	Vormatiam
Ablative	Vormatiā
Vocative	Vormatia
Locative	Vormatiae

Synonyms

• Borbetomagus, Civitas Vangionum (historical)

Derived terms

• Vormatiēnsis

 

Descendants

• Italian: Vormazia
• Old High German: Wormazia
  • German: Worms
    • Bulgarian: Вормс (Vorms)
    • Catalan: Worms
    • Czech: Worms
    • Danish: Worms
    • English: Worms
    • Estonian: Worms
    • French: Worms
    • Hebrew: וורמס (Vorms)
    • Italian: Worms
    • Portuguese: Worms
    • Romanian: Worms
    • Russian: Вормс (Vorms)
    • Spanish: Worms
    • Turkish: Worms
    • Welsh: Worms
• Portuguese: Vormácia