Isurium
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the river Iseur, which is cognate with the Celtic name for the river Isara.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /iˈsu.ri.um/, [ɪˈs̠ʊriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈsu.ri.um/, [iˈs̬uːrium]
Proper noun
[edit]Isurium n sg (genitive Isuriī or Isurī); second declension
- a town of the Brigantes in Britannia, which was situated between Cataractonium and Eboracum
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Isurium |
| genitive | Isuriī Isurī1 |
| dative | Isuriō |
| accusative | Isurium |
| ablative | Isuriō |
| vocative | Isurium |
| locative | Isuriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “Isurium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Smith, A.H. (1962). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 7. Cambridge University Press.