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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from the local name, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) (from Proto-Celtic *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from *matis (“good”)) and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Matiscō f sg (genitive Matiscōnis); third declension
- A town of the Aedui in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Mâcon
Declension
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Descendants
References
- “Matisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Matisco”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Matisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.