Axona

Latin

Etymology

Gaulish/Celtic name, from Proto-Celtic *ax-, possibly a variant of *asca (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”), related to Sanskrit अप् (ap).

View of the river

Proper noun

Axona m sg (genitive Axonae); first declension

1. a river in Gallia, now the Aisne

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Axona
Genitive	Axonae
Dative	Axonae
Accusative	Axonam
Ablative	Axonā
Vocative	Axona

References

• “Axona”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Axona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Olmstead, Garrett (1994): The gods of the Celts and the Indo-Europeans