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Latin
Etymology
From Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *rotos (“wheel”) + *magos (“field”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rōtomagus f sg (genitive Rōtomagī); second declension
- The chief city of the Veliocasses in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Rouen
- Ruan (a village and commune of the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France).
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Descendants
References
- “Rotomagus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Rotomagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.