Brunonis vicus
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Alternative forms
- Brūnōnis Vīcus, Brūnsvīcum
Etymology
Probably a calque of an Old Saxon name first attested in 1031 as Brunesguik: Brūnōnis (genitive form of Brūnō, itself a Latinisation of the Old Saxon Brūn and/or Old High German Brūn, i.e., St. Bruno of Saxony (d. 880), legendary founder of the settlement in 861) + vīcus (“village, (in Medieval Latin also) merchants’ settlement, centre for river-fishing or shipping”); at its founding, the settlement stood near a ford across the River Oker = “Bruno’s village” ≈ “Brownswick”. Compare the modern Low German name for the city (Brunswiek) and the English -wick.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /bruːˈnoː.nis ˈu̯iː.kus/, [bruːˈnoːnɪs̠ ˈu̯iːkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bruˈno.nis ˈvi.kus/, [bruˈnɔːnis ˈviːkus]
Proper noun
Brūnōnis vīcus m sg (genitive Brūnōnis vīcī); second declension
- Braunschweig, Brunswick (a city in Lower Saxony, Germany)
Declension
Indeclinable portion with a second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Brūnōnis vīcus |
| Genitive | Brūnōnis vīcī |
| Dative | Brūnōnis vīcō |
| Accusative | Brūnōnis vīcum |
| Ablative | Brūnōnis vīcō |
| Vocative | Brūnōnis vīce |
| Locative | Brūnōnis vīcī |
Derived terms
Further reading
Brunsvicum on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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