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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Umbrian 𐌉𐌊𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌖𐌌 (ikuvium), of uncertain origin; possibly from *𐌐𐌉𐌊𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌖𐌌 (*pikuvium, “town of the woodpecker”), with loss of initial P, from 𐌐𐌄𐌉𐌊𐌀 (peika, “woodpecker”) << Proto-Italic *peikā << Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk-.
However, it could instead be from a pre-Etruscan, pre-Umbrian substrate (eastern Italic); compare Igilium.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Īguvium n sg (genitive Īguviī or Īguvī); second declension
- Gubbio (a city in Umbria)
- Synonym: (medieval) Eugubium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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References
- “Iguvium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Iguvium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.