Bononia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Bolōnia (Late Latin)

Etymology

From the Celtic word for “settlement”; compare Gaulish *bona (“foundation, fortress”) << Proto-Celtic *bonus (“foundation”) and Boii, the Latin name of the Gaulish people who occupied the region c. 4th century BC.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɔˈnoː.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [boˈnɔː.ni.a]

Proper noun

Bonōnia f sg (genitive Bonōniae); first declension

1. Bologna, Italy
2. Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Bonōnia
genitive	Bonōniae
dative	Bonōniae
accusative	Bonōniam
ablative	Bonōniā
vocative	Bonōnia
locative	Bonōniae

Descendants

• Emilian: Bulåggna
• Old French: Boloigne, Bouloigne
  • French: Bologne, Boulogne
  • Picard: Boulonne
  • → Middle English: Boloyne, Boleyne, Boloigne
    • English: Boulogne (pronunciation remodelled after modern French); Boleyn
    • → Middle Welsh: Bwlwyn
• Italian: Bologna
• Sicilian: Bulogna
• →⇒ English: bononian
• →? Polish: Bolonia
• → Spanish: Bolonia

See also

• Felsina

References

• “Bononia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Bononia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.