Matisco

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from the local name, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) (from Proto-Celtic *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from *matis (“good”)) and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maˈtis.koː/, [mäˈt̪ɪs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈtis.ko/, [mäˈt̪isko]

Proper noun

Matiscō f sg (genitive Matiscōnis); third declension

1. A town of the Aedui in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Mâcon

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Matiscō
Genitive	Matiscōnis
Dative	Matiscōnī
Accusative	Matiscōnem
Ablative	Matiscōne
Vocative	Matiscō
Locative	Matiscōnī Matiscōne

Descendants

• French: Mâcon
  • English: Macon, Mascon

References

• “Matisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Matisco”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Matisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.