Lugdunum

Latin

Etymology

An adaptation of the Gaulish *Lugudūnon, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus (“the god Lugus”) + *dūnom.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫʊɡˈduː.nũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [luɡˈd̪uː.num]

Proper noun

Lugdūnum n sg (genitive Lugdūnī); second declension

Lyon, Lyons (a city in modern France)
Laon (a city in modern France)

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Lugdūnum
genitive	Lugdūnī
dative	Lugdūnō
accusative	Lugdūnum
ablative	Lugdūnō
vocative	Lugdūnum
locative	Lugdūnī

Synonyms

(Lyons): Rhodanūsia

Derived terms

Lugdūnēnsis
Lugdūnum Batāvōrum
Lugdūnum Clavātum
Lugdūnum Cōnsorannōrum
Lugdūnum Convenārum

Descendants

French: Laon
French: Lyon
- English: Lyons, Lyon
- Italian: Lione
- Spanish: Lyon, Lyón
→ Dutch: Leiden
- → English: Leiden

References

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