Durovernum

Latin

Etymology

From a Celtic term meaning "stronghold by the alder grove", the second half borrowed from Proto-Celtic *wernā.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Durovernum n sg (genitive Durovernī); second declension

  1. a town in Britannia, now Canterbury

Declension

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

singular
nominative Durovernum
genitive Durovernī
dative Durovernō
accusative Durovernum
ablative Durovernō
vocative Durovernum
locative Durovernī

References

  • Durovernum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Durovernum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly