Holomucium

Latin

Etymology

Form of Olomucium. The first evidence of prothetic h in the name of the city can be found in the adjective holomucensis (“of Olomouc”) on a seal from 1208.[1]

Proper noun

Holomucium n sg (genitive Holomuciī or Holomucī); second declension

  1. (Old Latin) alternative form of Olomucium (City in Moravia, now in the Czech Republic.)

Declension

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

singular
nominative Holomucium
genitive Holomuciī
Holomucī1
dative Holomuciō
accusative Holomucium
ablative Holomuciō
vocative Holomucium
locative Holomuciī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  1. ^ Lutterer, Ivan; Majtán, Milan; Šrámek, Rudolf (1982). "Olomouc". Zeměpisná jména Československa. Praha: Mladá fronta.
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