Noricum
English
Proper noun
Noricum
- (historical) A Celtic state and later Roman province, approximately corresponding to modern Austria.
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Νώρικον (Nṓrikon), from an unknown source predating the Celts' arrival. Said to be a Phrygian or Thracian word, but of unclear meaning.
Robert Ellis (1855) supports a relation to Phrygian νώρικον (nṓrikon, “(wine)skin”), offering the hypothesis that the place derived from the hollowness of the river-valley. For semantic parallel, he cites Welsh cwm (“valley”), which derives from Proto-Indo-European *kumbʰo-, *kumbʰéh₂- (“vessel”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnoː.rɪ.kũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔː.ri.kum]
Proper noun
Nōricum n sg (genitive Nōricī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Nōricum |
| genitive | Nōricī |
| dative | Nōricō |
| accusative | Nōricum |
| ablative | Nōricō |
| vocative | Nōricum |
| locative | Nōricī |
References
- ^ Ellis, Robert (1855) “On the probable Connexion of the Rhaetians and Etruscans with the Thracian stock of nations”, in The Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology, volume II, published 2012, , pages 3-4
Further reading
- “Noricum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Noricum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.