Autricum

Latin

Etymology

Named after the Gaulish river Autura. The Celtic origin could be from Gaulish *au-tura (“forceless”), from Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (“strong”), related to Sanskrit तुर (tura, “strong, powerful”). Or, possibly connected to Proto-Celtic *eburos (“yew”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.tri.kum/, [ˈäu̯t̪rɪkʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.tri.kum/, [ˈäːu̯t̪rikum]

Proper noun

Autricum n sg (genitive Autricī); second declension

A town of the Carnutes in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Chartres

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Autricum
Genitive	Autricī
Dative	Autricō
Accusative	Autricum
Ablative	Autricō
Vocative	Autricum
Locative	Autricī

References

“Autricum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Taylor, Isaac (1898): Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature

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