Danubius

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Danuvius
The river in Budapest

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Celtic *Dānouyos, an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“run, flow”). See Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”).

Proper noun

Danubius m (genitive Danubiī); second declension

  1. The river Danube.
    • Tacitus, Gemanica, chapter 1 (Oxford revised translation)
      Germania omnis a Gallis Rhaetisque et Pannoniis Rheno et Danubio fluminibus.
      Germany is separated from Gaul, Rhaetia, and Pannonia, by the rivers Rhine and Danube.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular
nominative Danubius
genitive Danubiī
dative Danubiō
accusative Danubium
ablative Danubiō
vocative Danubie

Descendants

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