Eboracum
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from pre-Brythonic and Proto-Celtic *Eborākom, from *eburos (“yew”) + *-ākom (relative adjective suffix). See the entry York for more.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /e.boˈraː.kum/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.boˈra.kum/,
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.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Eborācum |
| genitive | Eborācī |
| dative | Eborācō |
| accusative | Eborācum |
| ablative | Eborācō |
| vocative | Eborācum |
| locative | Eborācī |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Old English: Eoforwīċ, Eoferwīc, Ēorwīc
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.