Danubius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Dānuvius

The river in Budapest

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *Dānouyos, an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“run, flow”). See Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”).

Proper noun

Dānubius m sg (genitive Dānubiī or Dānubī); second declension

1. The river Danube.
   • Tacitus, Gemanica, chapter 1 (Oxford revised translation)

     Germania omnis a Gallis Rhaetisque et Pannoniis Rheno et Danubio fluminibus.

     Germany is separated from Gaul, Rhaetia, and Pannonia, by the rivers Rhine and Danube.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dānubius
Genitive	Dānubiī Dānubī1
Dative	Dānubiō
Accusative	Dānubium
Ablative	Dānubiō
Vocative	Dānubī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → English: Danube
• → Italian: Danubio