proper noun · femininefirst declension
Cornubia
Cornubia f sg (genitive Cornubiae)
Meaning
- Medieval LatinfemininesingularCornwall (a peninsula, county, and cultural region in southwestern England)
Quando proféctus freram - Usque díram Domnóniam - Pér caréntem Cornúbiam...
When I had set forth - toward dire Devon - through Cornwall lacking...ca. 670 CE - ca. 710 CE, Aldhelmus Malmesberiensis, Aldhelmi Carmen RhythmicumBellum Heyl apud Cornubiam.
The battle of Hayle among Cornwall.(Can we date this quote?), Annales Cambriae B:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Cornubia | — |
| genitive | Cornubiae | — |
| dative | Cornubiae | — |
| accusative | Cornubiam | — |
| ablative | Cornubiā | — |
| vocative | Cornubia | — |
Origins
From Proto-Brythonic *Körnɨw + -ia, with the common Medieval confusion of b and v.