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Obulco

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia name (possibly specifically Turduli *Ibolka), with ib- perhaps influenced by the common Latin prefix ob-.[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Obulcō f sg (genitive Obulcōnis); third declension

  1. A city in Hispania Baetica, partially excavated in the southern part of the present-day village of Porcuna, to which it gives its name, approximately 40 mīlle passūs east of Corduba

Declension

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Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Obulcō
genitive Obulcōnis
dative Obulcōnī
accusative Obulcōnem
ablative Obulcōne
vocative Obulcō
locative Obulcōnī
Obulcōne

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Ancient Greek: Ὀβούλκων (Oboúlkōn), Ὄβουλκον (Óboulkon)

References

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  • Obulco”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Obulco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Villar, Indoeuropeos y no indoeuropeos en la Hispania