Aurunci

Latin

Etymology

From an earlier *Ausonci (by rhotacism), from Ancient Greek Αὔσονες (Aúsones), a name used by the Greeks to refer to various Italic peoples.[1]

Proper noun

Auruncī m pl (genitive Auruncōrum); second declension

  1. An Italic tribe who inhabited a region in Latium, called Ausones by the Greeks

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Auruncī
genitive Auruncōrum
dative Auruncīs
accusative Auruncōs
ablative Auruncīs
vocative Auruncī

Derived terms

  • Aurunca

References

  • “Aurunci”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. ^ Bunbury, Edward Hurbert (1854). "Aurunci". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. I. London: John Murray. p. 343
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