proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Dānubius
Dānubius m sg (genitive Dānubiī or Dānubī)
Meaning
- Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2,850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine, into the Black Sea)
Tacitus, Gemanica, chapter 1 (Oxford revised translation)
Germany is separated from Gaul, Rhaetia, and Pannonia, by the rivers Rhine and Danube.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Dānubius | — |
| genitive | Dānubiī Dānubī | — |
| dative | Dānubiō | — |
| accusative | Dānubium | — |
| ablative | Dānubiō | — |
| vocative | Dānubī | — |
Origins
From Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos, an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, either from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”) or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“run, flow”).
Elsewhere
- CatalanDanubi
- FrenchDanubefrom Old French Danube
- EnglishDanubefrom Old French Danube
- ItalianDanubio
- PortugueseDanúbio
- RomanianDanubiu
- SpanishDanubio
- Arabicدَانُوب
- Hebrewדנובה
Persian
- Dariدَانُوب
- Iranian Persianدانوب