Noricum

English

Proper noun

Noricum

  1. (historical) A Celtic state and later Roman province, approximately corresponding to modern Austria.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νώρικον (Nṓrikon), from an unknown source predating the Celts' arrival. Said to be a Phrygian/Thracian word, but of unclear meaning; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kumbʰo-, *kumbʰéh₂- (“vessel”) and related to Welsh cwm (“valley”).[1]

The province within the Roman Empire

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nōricum n sg (genitive Nōricī); second declension

  1. A Celtic state and later Roman province, approximately corresponding to modern Austria.

Declension

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

Case Singular
Nominative Nōricum
Genitive Nōricī
Dative Nōricō
Accusative Nōricum
Ablative Nōricō
Vocative Nōricum
Locative Nōricī

References
  • “Noricum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Noricum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  1. The Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology, Vol. II, On the probable Connexion of the Rhaetians and Etruscans with the Thracian stock of nations, p. 3-4
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