Bononia

Latin

Etymology

From the Celtic word for “settlement”; compare Gaulish *bona (“foundation, fortress”) << Proto-Celtic *bonus (“foundation”) and Boii, the Latin name of the Gaulish people who occupied the region c. 4th century BC.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /boˈnoː.ni.a/, [bɔˈnoːniä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /boˈno.ni.a/, [boˈnɔːniä]

Proper noun

Bonōnia f sg (genitive Bonōniae); first declension

Bologna, Italy
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bonōnia
Genitive	Bonōniae
Dative	Bonōniae
Accusative	Bonōniam
Ablative	Bonōniā
Vocative	Bonōnia
Locative	Bonōniae

Descendants

Emilian: Bulåggna
English: bononian
French: Bologne, Boulogne
Italian: Bologna
Sicilian: Bulogna
Spanish: Bolonia

References

“Bononia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Bononia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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