Rotomagus

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *rotos (“wheel”) +‎ *magos (“field”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /roːˈto.ma.ɡus/, [roːˈt̪ɔmäɡʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /roˈto.ma.ɡus/, [roˈt̪ɔːmäɡus]

Proper noun

Rōtomagus f sg (genitive Rōtomagī); second declension

The chief city of the Veliocasses in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Rouen

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rōtomagus
Genitive	Rōtomagī
Dative	Rōtomagō
Accusative	Rōtomagum
Ablative	Rōtomagō
Vocative	Rōtomage
Locative	Rōtomagī

Descendants

Old French: Roem
- French: Rouen
- → Old English: Roðem
- → Middle English: Rone (late)
- → Medieval Hebrew: רודם

References

“Rotomagus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Rotomagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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