Noviodunum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nouyos (“new”) + *dūnom (“fortification”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /no.u̯i.oˈduː.num/, [nou̯iɔˈd̪uːnʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /no.vi.oˈdu.num/, [novioˈd̪uːnum]

Proper noun

Noviodūnum n sg (genitive Noviodūnī); second declension

A town of the Bituriges in Gallia Aquitanica
A town in Scythia Minor (today Isaccea, Romania)

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Noviodūnum
Genitive	Noviodūnī
Dative	Noviodūnō
Accusative	Noviodūnum
Ablative	Noviodūnō
Vocative	Noviodūnum
Locative	Noviodūnī

References

Noviodunum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Noviodunum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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