Sequana

Latin

Etymology

From a Celtic deity who descended from the Proto-Indo-European pantheon,[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.kʷa.na/, [ˈs̠eːkʷänä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kwa.na/, [ˈsɛːkwänä]

The river in Paris

Proper noun

Sēquana f sg or m sg (genitive Sēquanae); first declension

the Seine

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sēquana
Genitive	Sēquanae
Dative	Sēquanae
Accusative	Sēquanam
Ablative	Sēquanā
Vocative	Sēquana

Descendants

Late Latin: Sēcona, Sēgona
- French: Seine
- → Proto-West Germanic: *Sīganu, *Sīgunu
  - Old English: Sīgen
  - Old Saxon: Sīgana
  - Old High German: Sīgona, Sīgana
- Sicilian: Sigona

References

Ellis, The Ancient World of the Celts

Further reading

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

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