Turicum

Latin

Etymology

Of pre-Latin, likely Celtic origin, from *Turīcon, from the personal name Tūros + the relational suffix *-īko-.[1] Compare Proto-Celtic *dubros (“deep, dark water”), common in names.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /tuˈriː.kum/, [t̪ʊˈriːkʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tuˈri.kum/, [t̪uˈriːkum]

Proper noun

Turīcum n sg (genitive Turīcī); second declension

  1. A town in Gallia Belgica, now Zürich

Declension

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

Case Singular
Nominative Turīcum
Genitive Turīcī
Dative Turīcō
Accusative Turīcum
Ablative Turīcō
Vocative Turīcum
Locative Turīcī

Descendants
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *Turīk
    • Old High German: Zurīh

References
  • Turicum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “Turicum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. Andres Kristol, Zürich = Tūrḗgum ou Tū́rĕgum ?, in: Nouvelle revue d’onomastique 47–48 (2007), p. 223
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