Lugdunum

Latin

Etymology

An adaptation of the Gaulish *Lugudūnon, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus (“the god Lugus”) + *dūnom.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /luɡˈduː.num/, [ɫ̪ʊɡˈd̪uːnʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luɡˈdu.num/, [luɡˈd̪uːnum]

Proper noun

Lugdūnum n sg (genitive Lugdūnī); second declension

Lyons (a city in modern France)

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lugdūnum
Genitive	Lugdūnī
Dative	Lugdūnō
Accusative	Lugdūnum
Ablative	Lugdūnō
Vocative	Lugdūnum
Locative	Lugdūnī

Synonyms

(Lyons): Rhodanūsia

Derived terms

Lugdūnum Batāvōrum
Lugdūnum Clavātum
Lugdūnum Convenārum
Lugdūnum Cōnsorannōrum
Lugdūnēnsis

Descendants

French: Laon
French: Lyon
- English: Lyons, Lyon
- Italian: Lione
- Spanish: Lyon, Lyón
→ Dutch: Leiden
- → English: Leiden

References

“Lugdunum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Lugdunum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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