Brunonis vicus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Brūnsvīcum
• Brūnōnis Vīcus

Etymology

Probably a calque of an Old Saxon name first attested in 1031 as Brunesguik: Brūnōnis (genitive form of Brūnō, itself a Latinisation of the Old Saxon and/or Old High German Brūn, i.e. St. Bruno of Saxony (d. 880), legendary founder of the settlement in 861) + vīcus (“village, (in Medieval Latin also) merchants’ settlement, centre for river-fishing or shipping”); at its founding, the settlement stood near a ford across the River Oker) = “Bruno’s village” ≈ “Brownswick”. Compare the modern Low German name for the city (Brunswiek) and the English -wick.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bruːˈnoː.nis ˈu̯iː.kus/, [bruːˈnoːnɪs̠ ˈu̯iːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bruˈno.nis ˈvi.kus/, [bruˈnɔːnis ˈviːkus]

Proper noun

Brūnōnis vīcus m sg (genitive Brūnōnis vīcī); second declension

1. Braunschweig, Brunswick (city in Lower Saxony, Germany)

Declension

Indeclinable portion with a second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Brūnōnis vīcus
Genitive	Brūnōnis vīcī
Dative	Brūnōnis vīcō
Accusative	Brūnōnis vīcum
Ablative	Brūnōnis vīcō
Vocative	Brūnōnis vīce
Locative	Brūnōnis vīcī

Derived terms

• Brūnsvīcēnsis

Further reading

• Brunsvicum on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la