Avaricum

Latin

Etymology

From the river Avara +‎ -icum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈwaː.rɪ.kũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈvaː.ri.kum]

Proper noun

Avāricum n sg (genitive Avāricī); second declension

1. The chief city of the Bituriges in Aquitania, now Bourges

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Avāricum
genitive	Avāricī
dative	Avāricō
accusative	Avāricum
ablative	Avāricō
vocative	Avāricum
locative	Avāricī

Derived terms

• Avāricensis

References

• “Avaricum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Avaricum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Avaricum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly