Eboracum

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *Eborākom, see that entry and York for more.

Proper noun

Eborācum n sg (genitive Eborācī); second declension

Eboracum, a fort and city in Roman Britain, which evolved into York.
York

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Eborācum
Genitive	Eborācī
Dative	Eborācō
Accusative	Eborācum
Ablative	Eborācō
Vocative	Eborācum
Locative	Eborācī

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Old English: Eoforwīċ
- → Old Norse: Jórk, Jórvík
  - → Middle English: York, Ȝork
    - English: York

References

Eboracum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Eboracum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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