Salodurum

Latin

Etymology

Said to be of Celtic origin, possibly meaning "Salo's fort," from the personal name Salo + Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“fort, stronghold”) (likely influenced by durus (“hard, strong”), like other placenames).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Salodūrum n sg (genitive Salodūrī); second declension

  1. a town in Gallia Belgica, now Solothurn

Declension

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

singular
nominative Salodūrum
genitive Salodūrī
dative Salodūrō
accusative Salodūrum
ablative Salodūrō
vocative Salodūrum
locative Salodūrī

References

  • Salodurum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Salodurum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. ^ Everett-Heath, J. (2019). The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. United Kingdom: OUP Oxford.
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