Aunios
Latin
Etymology
From Paleo-Hispanic, probably from Proto-Celtic *au- (“away, off”),[1] perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó.[2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈau̯.ni.ɔs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaːu̯.ni.os]
Proper noun
Aunios f sg (genitive Auniī); second declension
- An island off the coast of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis; now Ons Island, after Medieval Latin Aunes
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Aunios |
| genitive | Auniī |
| dative | Auniō |
| accusative | Aunion |
| ablative | Auniō |
| vocative | Aunie |
Descendants
- Galician: Ons
References
- Aunios in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Curchin, Leonard A. (2008). "The toponyms of the Roman Galicia: New Study", Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, LV (121), pages 109-136.
- E.W. Haley, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Aunios (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2015 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/236355> [accessed: 01 April 2018]