proper nounsecond declension
Brūnōnis vīcus
Brūnōnis vīcus m sg (genitive Brūnōnis vīcī)
Classical[bruːˈnoː.nɪs ˈwiː.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[bruˈnɔː.nis ˈviː.kus]
Meaning
- Braunschweig, Brunswick (a city in Lower Saxony, Germany)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Brūnōnis vīcus | — |
| genitive | Brūnōnis vīcī Brūnsvīcī | — |
| dative | Brūnōnis vīcō Brūnsvīcō | — |
| accusative | Brūnōnis vīcum | — |
| ablative | Brūnōnis vīcō Brūnsvīcō | — |
| vocative | Brūnōnis vīce | — |
| locative | Brūnōnis vīcī Brūnsvīcī | — |
Origins
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 Brūn 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.