Aduatuca
Latin
Alternative forms
- Aduaga, Atuaca, Atuaticum, Atuātuca
Etymology
Borrowed from Transalpine Gaulish *ad-uātu-cā (“place of the soothsayer, where one goes to prophesy”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.duˈaː.tʊ.ka]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.duˈaː.tu.ka]
Proper noun
Aduātuca f sg (genitive Aduātucae); first declension
- synonym of Atuātuca.
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Aduātuca |
| genitive | Aduātucae |
| dative | Aduātucae |
| accusative | Aduātucam |
| ablative | Aduātucā |
| vocative | Aduātuca |
| locative | Aduātucae |
References
- “Aduatuca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Aduatuca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Aduatica”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly