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Autricum
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Latin
Etymology
Named after the Gaulish river Autura. The Celtic origin could be from Gaulish *au-tura (“forceless”), from Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (“strong”), related to Sanskrit तुर (tura, “strong, powerful”). Or, possibly connected to Proto-Celtic *eburos (“yew”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈau̯.trɪ.kũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaːu̯.tri.kum]
Proper noun
Autricum n sg (genitive Autricī); second declension
- A town of the Carnutes in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Chartres
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
References
- “Autricum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Taylor, Isaac (1898): Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature
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