Avenio
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Also spelled as Avennĭo, from Old Latin Auenion, a Celtic/Ancient Ligurian name ultimately from a pre-Latin/pre-Indo-European substrate hydronym ab-ên, followed by the suffix -i-ōn(e); compare Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”). Found in Ancient Greek as Аὐενιὼν (Аueniṑn) (Strabo), Άουεννίων (Áouenníōn) (Ptolemy).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈu̯e.ni.oː/, [äˈu̯ɛnioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈve.ni.o/, [äˈvɛːnio]
Proper noun
Aveniō f sg (genitive Aveniōnis); third declension
- A town in Gallia Narbonensis, in the territory of the Cavares, now Avignon
Declension
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Aveniō |
Genitive | Aveniōnis |
Dative | Aveniōnī |
Accusative | Aveniōnem |
Ablative | Aveniōne |
Vocative | Aveniō |
Locative | Aveniōnī Aveniōne |
Derived terms
References
- “Avenio”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Avenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Dauzat, Albert; Rostaing, Charles (1963). Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France (in French). Paris: Larousse.
- Rostaing, Charles (1994) [1950]. Essai sur la toponymie de la Provence : depuis les origines jusqu'aux invasions barbares (in French). Marseille: Jeanne Laffitte
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- Latin terms inherited from Old Latin
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- Latin terms derived from Celtic languages
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Ligurian
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- Latin lemmas
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- Latin feminine nouns in the third declension
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