Sauconna

Latin

Etymology

From the Celtic/Gaulish river goddess Souconna, from a Proto-Celtic word meaning "the flowing, the suckler," from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk-.

View of the river

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sau̯ˈkon.na/, [s̠äu̯ˈkɔnːä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sau̯ˈkon.na/, [säu̯ˈkɔnːä]

Proper noun

Sauconna f sg (genitive Sauconnae); first declension

  1. The river Saône

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Sauconna
Genitive Sauconnae
Dative Sauconnae
Accusative Sauconnam
Ablative Sauconnā
Vocative Sauconna

Synonyms

References
  • Sauconna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • The gods of the Celts and the Indo-Europeans (1994)
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