Sauconna

Latin

Etymology

From the Celtic/Gaulish river goddess Souconna, from a Proto-Celtic word meaning "the flowing, the suckler," from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk-.

View of the river

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /sau̯ˈkon.na/, [s̠äu̯ˈkɔnːä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sau̯ˈkon.na/, [säu̯ˈkɔnːä]

Proper noun

Sauconna f sg (genitive Sauconnae); first declension

The river Saône

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sauconna
Genitive	Sauconnae
Dative	Sauconnae
Accusative	Sauconnam
Ablative	Sauconnā
Vocative	Sauconna

Synonyms

Arar

References

Sauconna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
The gods of the Celts and the Indo-Europeans (1994)

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