Eboracum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *Eborakon, from eburo (“yew; black alder”).

Proper noun

Eborācum n sg (genitive Eborācī, locative Eborācī); second declension

  1. Eboracum, a fort and city in Roman Britain, which evolved into York.
  2. York

Inflection

Second declension, with locative.

Case Singular
nominative Eborācum
genitive Eborācī
dative Eborācō
accusative Eborācum
ablative Eborācō
vocative Eborācum
locative Eborācī

Derived terms

References

  • Eboracum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Eboracum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.