Iguvium

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Umbrian 𐌉𐌊𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌖𐌌 (ikuvium), of uncertain origin; possibly from *𐌐𐌉𐌊𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌖𐌌 (*pikuvium, town of the woodpecker), with loss of initial P, from 𐌐𐌄𐌉𐌊𐌀 (peika, woodpecker) << Proto-Italic *peikā << Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk-.

However, it could instead be from a pre-Etruscan, pre-Umbrian substrate (eastern Italic); compare Igilium.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Īguvium n sg (genitive Īguviī or Īguvī); second declension

  1. Gubbio (a city in Umbria)
    Synonym: (medieval) Eugubium

Declension

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

Case Singular
Nominative Īguvium
Genitive Īguviī
Īguvī1
Dative Īguviō
Accusative Īguvium
Ablative Īguviō
Vocative Īguvium
Locative Īguviī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: Iguvium
  • Italian: Gubbio

References

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  • Iguvium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Iguvium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.