Avaricum

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Latin

Etymology

From the river Avara +‎ -icum.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Avāricum n sg (genitive Avāricī); second declension

  1. The chief city of the Bituriges in Aquitania, now Bourges

Declension

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

Derived terms

References

  • Avaricum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Avaricum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Avaricum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly