Camulodunum

English

Etymology

From Latin Camulodūnum.

Proper noun

Camulodunum

1. Former name of Colchester (“a town in England, UK”); a city in Britannia, Roman Empire; the name of Roman-era Colchester, and used to refer to the city of that era in English.

See also

• Camelot
• camelot
• Camulos
• Camulus

Latin

Etymology

Fortress of Camulus, a Celtic deity, + *dūnom (“fortification”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.mu.loˈduː.num/, [kämʊɫ̪ɔˈd̪uːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.mu.loˈdu.num/, [kämuloˈd̪uːnum]

Proper noun

Camulodūnum n sg (genitive Camulodūnī); second declension

1. Colchester (a city in modern England)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Camulodūnum
genitive	Camulodūnī
dative	Camulodūnō
accusative	Camulodūnum
ablative	Camulodūnō
vocative	Camulodūnum
locative	Camulodūnī

References

• “Camulodunum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Camulodunum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.