Brunonis vicus

Latin

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Etymology

Probably a calque of an Old Saxon name first attested in 1031 as Brunesguik: Brūnōnis (genitive form of Brūnō, itself a Latinisation of the Old Saxon and/or Old High German Brūn, i.e. St. Bruno of Saxony (d. 880), legendary founder of the settlement in 861) + vīcus (village, (in Medieval Latin also) merchants’ settlement, centre for river-fishing or shipping); at its founding, the settlement stood near a ford across the River Oker) = “Bruno’s village” ≈ “Brownswick”. Compare the modern Low German name for the city (Brunswiek) and the English -wick.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /bruːˈnoː.nis ˈwiː.kus/, [bruːˈnoː.nɪs ˈwiː.kʊs]

Proper noun

Brūnōnis vīcus m (genitive Brūnōnis vīcī); second declension

  1. Braunschweig, Brunswick (city in Lower Saxony, Germany)

Declension

Second declension with locative.

Number Singular
nominative Brūnōnis vīcus
genitive Brūnōnis vīcī
dative Brūnōnis vīcō
accusative Brūnōnis vīcum
ablative Brūnōnis vīcō
vocative Brūnōnis vīce
locative Brūnōnis vīcī

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