Turicum

Latin

Etymology

Of pre-Latin, likely Celtic origin, from *Tūrīkon, from the personal name Tūros + the relational suffix *-īko-. More at Turicum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tʊˈriː.kũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [tuˈriː.kum]

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.

	singular
nominative	Turīcum
genitive	Turīcī
dative	Turīcō
accusative	Turīcum
ablative	Turīcō
vocative	Turīcum
locative	Turīcī

Descendants

• Romansh: Turitg
• → Proto-West Germanic: *Turīk
  • Old High German: Zurīh
    • Alemannic German: Züri
    • German: Zürich
    • → Italian: Zurigo

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