Brunonis vicus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Brūnōnis Vīcus, Brūnsvīcum === Etymology === Probably a calque of an Old Saxon name first attested in 1031 as Brunesguik: Brūnōnis (genitive form of Brūnō, itself a Latinisation of the Old Saxon Brūn and/or Old High German Brūn, i.e., St. Bruno of Saxony (d. 880), legendary founder of the settlement in 861) + vīcus (“village, (in Medieval Latin also) merchants’ settlement, centre for river-fishing or shipping”); at its founding, the settlement stood near a ford across the River Oker = “Bruno’s village” ≈ “Brownswick”. Compare the modern Low German name for the city (Brunswiek) and the English -wick. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bruːˈnoː.nɪs ˈwiː.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [bruˈnɔː.nis ˈviː.kus] === Proper noun === Brūnōnis vīcus m sg (genitive Brūnōnis vīcī); second declension Braunschweig, Brunswick (a city in Lower Saxony, Germany) ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable portion with a second-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Brūnsvīcēnsis === Further reading === Brunsvicum on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la