Vormatia
Latin
Etymology
A latinized form of Borbetomagus under influence from -ātus (“forming adjectives”) + -ia (“forming place names”), from a Gaulish name of uncertain origin but generally taken to refer to the Celtic god Borvo or to a river, spring, or other waters named for him + Proto-Celtic *magos (“field, plain”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯orˈma.ti.a/, [u̯ɔrˈmät̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vorˈmat.t͡si.a/, [vorˈmät̪ː͡s̪iä]
Proper noun
Vormatia f sg (genitive Vormatiae); first declension
- Worms (a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Vormatia |
Genitive | Vormatiae |
Dative | Vormatiae |
Accusative | Vormatiam |
Ablative | Vormatiā |
Vocative | Vormatia |
Locative | Vormatiae |
Synonyms
- Borbetomagus, Civitas Vangionum (historical)
Derived terms
- Vormatiēnsis
Descendants
- Italian: Vormazia
- Old High German: Wormazia
- Portuguese: Vormácia
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