Danubius

Latin

Alternative forms
The river in Budapest

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos, an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“run, flow”). See Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”).

Proper noun

Dānubius m sg (genitive Dānubiī or Dānubī); second declension

  1. The river Danube.
    • Tacitus, Gemanica, chapter 1 (Oxford revised translation)
      Germania omnis a Gallis Rhaetisque et Pannoniis Rheno et Danubio fluminibus.
      Germany is separated from Gaul, Rhaetia, and Pannonia, by the rivers Rhine and Danube.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Dānubius
Genitive Dānubiī
Dānubī1
Dative Dānubiō
Accusative Dānubium
Ablative Dānubiō
Vocative Dānubī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants
  • Arabic: دانوب (dānūb)
  • Catalan: Danubi
  • Old French: Danube
    • French: Danube
    • → English: Danube (see there for further descendants)
  • Hebrew: דנובה (danuba)
  • Italian: Danubio
  • Persian: دانوب (dânub)
  • Portuguese: Danúbio
  • Romanian: Danubiu
  • Spanish: Danubio
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