Autricum

== Latin == === Etymology === Named after the Gaulish river Autura. The Celtic origin could be from Gaulish *au-tura (“forceless”), from Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (“strong”), related to Sanskrit तुर (tura, “strong, powerful”). Or, possibly connected to Proto-Celtic *eburos (“yew”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈau̯.trɪ.kũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaːu̯.tri.kum] === Proper noun === Autricum n sg (genitive Autricī); second declension A town of the Carnutes in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Chartres ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. === References === “Autricum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly Taylor, Isaac (1898): Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature