Eboracum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg, see that entry and York for more.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈbo.ra.kum/, [ɛˈbɔräkʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈbo.ra.kum/, [eˈbɔːräkum]

Proper noun

Eborācum n sg (genitive Eborācī); second declension

Eboracum, a fort and city in Roman Britain, which evolved into York.
York

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Eborācum
Genitive	Eborācī
Dative	Eborācō
Accusative	Eborācum
Ablative	Eborācō
Vocative	Eborācum
Locative	Eborācī

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Old English: Eoforwīċ, Eoferwīc, Ēorwīc
- Middle English: Everwik, Eborwike, Eoverwic, Everwic, Everwich, Everwike, Everwyk
- → Old Norse: Jórvík
  - Icelandic: Jórvík
  - → Faroese: Jórvík (learned)
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: Jorvik (learned)
  - → Swedish: Jorvik (learned)
  - → Danish: Jorvig (learned)
  - → Middle English: York, Yorke, Ȝork, Ȝorke, Ȝorc, Ȝeorc
    - English: York

References

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

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