Lugdunum

Latin

Etymology

An adaptation of the Gaulish Lugodunon, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus (“the god Lugus”) + *dūnom.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /luɡˈduː.num/, [ɫʊɡˈduː.nũ]

Proper noun

Lugdūnum n (genitive Lugdūnī); second declension

Lyons (city in modern France)

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lugdūnum
Genitive	Lugdūnī
Dative	Lugdūnō
Accusative	Lugdūnum
Ablative	Lugdūnō
Vocative	Lugdūnum
Locative	Lugdūnī

Synonyms

(Lyons): Rhodanūsia

Descendants

French: Lyon
- English: Lyons, Lyon
- Italian: Lione
- Spanish: Lyón, Lyon, León de Francia

References

Lugdunum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Lugdunum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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