Aurunci

Latin

Etymology

From an earlier *Ausonci (by rhotacism), from Ancient Greek Αὔσονες (Aúsones), a name used by the Greeks to refer to various Italic peoples.

Proper noun

Auruncī m pl (genitive Auruncōrum); second declension

1. An Italic tribe who inhabited a region in Latium, called Ausones by the Greeks

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Auruncī
genitive	Auruncōrum
dative	Auruncīs
accusative	Auruncōs
ablative	Auruncīs
vocative	Auruncī

Derived terms

• Aurunca

References

• “Aurunci”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly