Augustodunum

Latin

Etymology

From Augustus +‎ Gaulish *dūnon (“fortress”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [au̯.ɡʊs.tɔˈduː.nũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [au̯.ɡus.t̪oˈd̪uː.num]

Proper noun

Augustodūnum n sg (genitive Augustodūnī); second declension

a city in Aquitania, now Autun

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Augustodūnum
genitive	Augustodūnī
dative	Augustodūnō
accusative	Augustodūnum
ablative	Augustodūnō
vocative	Augustodūnum
locative	Augustodūnī

Descendants

Old French: Ostun
- Middle French: Austun, Authun
  - French: Autun
    - → English: Autun