Obulco

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia name (possibly specifically Turduli *Ibolka), with ib- perhaps influenced by the common Latin prefix ob-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈbul.koː/, [ɔˈbʊɫ̪koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈbul.ko/, [oˈbulko]

Proper noun

Obulcō f sg (genitive Obulcōnis); third declension

1. A city in Hispania Baetica, partially excavated in the southern part of the present-day village of Porcuna, to which it gives its name, approximately 40 mīlle passūs east of Corduba

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Obulcō
Genitive	Obulcōnis
Dative	Obulcōnī
Accusative	Obulcōnem
Ablative	Obulcōne
Vocative	Obulcō
Locative	Obulcōnī Obulcōne

Derived terms

• Obulcius
• Obulcōnēnsis

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Ὀβούλκων (Oboúlkōn), Ὄβουλκον (Óboulkon)

References

• “Obulco”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Obulco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.