Turicum

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Latin

Etymology

Of pre-Latin, likely Celtic origin, from *Tūrīkon, from the personal name Tūros + the relational suffix *-īko-. More at Turicum.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Turīcum n sg (genitive Turīcī); second declension

  1. a town in Gallia Belgica, now Zürich

Declension

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

singular
nominative Turīcum
genitive Turīcī
dative Turīcō
accusative Turīcum
ablative Turīcō
vocative Turīcum
locative Turīcī

Descendants

  • Romansch: Turitg
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *Turīk

References

  • Turicum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Turicum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. ^ Andres Kristol, Zürich = Tūrḗgum ou Tū́rĕgum ?, in: Nouvelle revue d’onomastique 47–48 (2007), p. 223
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