Clunia

Latin

Etymology

Of Celtic origin, from Celtiberian *klounia[1] or Gaulish Clunia,[2] from Proto-Celtic *klownis (meadow).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Clunia f sg (genitive Cluniae); first declension

  1. a city in Hispania Tarraconensis

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Clunia
genitive Cluniae
dative Cluniae
accusative Cluniam
ablative Cluniā
vocative Clunia
locative Cluniae

References

  • Clunia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Clunia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar, An outline of Celtiberian grammar, 2003
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*klowni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 209