Aunios

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Latin

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Ons ("Aunios"), as seen from the mainland

Etymology

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From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably from Proto-Celtic *au- (away, off),[1] perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó.[2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Aunios f sg (genitive Auniī); second declension

  1. An island off the coast of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis; now Ons Island, after Medieval Latin Aunes

Declension

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Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Aunios
Genitive Auniī
Dative Auniō
Accusative Aunion
Ablative Auniō
Vocative Aunie

Descendants

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  • Galician: Ons

References

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  1. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University, s.v. Aunios.
  2. ^ Xavier Delamarre (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, →ISBN, page 60