Sauconna
Latin
Etymology
From the Celtic/Gaulish river goddess Souconna, from a Proto-Celtic word meaning "the flowing, the suckler," from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk-.
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sau̯ˈkon.na/, [s̠äu̯ˈkɔnːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sau̯ˈkon.na/, [säu̯ˈkɔnːä]
Proper noun
Sauconna f sg (genitive Sauconnae); first declension
- The river Saône
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Sauconna |
Genitive | Sauconnae |
Dative | Sauconnae |
Accusative | Sauconnam |
Ablative | Sauconnā |
Vocative | Sauconna |
Synonyms
References
- Sauconna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- The gods of the Celts and the Indo-Europeans (1994)
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Celtic languages
- Latin terms derived from Gaulish
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- la:France
- la:Rivers