Avenio

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Avenniō === Etymology === Also spelled as Avennĭo, from Old Latin Auenion, a Celtic/Ancient Ligurian name ultimately from a pre-Latin/pre-Indo-European substrate hydronym ab-ên, followed by the suffix -i-ōn(e); compare Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”). Found in Ancient Greek as Аὐενιὡν (Аuenihōn) (Strabo), Άουεννίων (Áouenníōn) (Ptolemy). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈwɛ.ni.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈvɛː.ni.o] === Proper noun === Aveniō f sg (genitive Aveniōnis); third declension a town in Gallia Narbonensis, in the territory of the Cavares, now Avignon ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Avennicus === Further reading === “Avenio”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Avenio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Dauzat, Albert; Rostaing, Charles (1963). Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France (in French). Paris: Larousse. Rostaing, Charles (1994) [1950]. Essai sur la toponymie de la Provence : depuis les origines jusqu'aux invasions barbares (in French). Marseille: Jeanne Laffitte