Brunonis vicusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: /bruːˈnoː.nis ˈu̯iː.kus/, [bruːˈnoːnɪs̠ ˈu̯iːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /bruˈno.nis ˈvi.kus/, [bruˈnɔːnis ˈviːkus]

固有名詞

Brūnōnis vīcus m sg (genitive Brūnōnis vīcī); second declension

1. Braunschweig, Brunswick (a city in Lower Saxony, Germany)

語形変化

Indeclinable portion with a second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

派生語

• Brūnsvīcēnsis

Further reading

• Brunsvicum on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia