Vellaunodunum

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic "vellauno-" (refers to a "leader", "commander," or "chief", related to Vellaunus) + *dūnom (“fortification”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛl.lau̯.nɔˈduː.nũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vel.lau̯.noˈduː.num] === Proper noun === Vellaunodūnum n sg (genitive Vellaunodūnī); second declension A town of Gallia Celtica, in the territory of the Senones, probably the modern Beaune, Caes. B. G. 7, 11. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. === References === “Vellaunodunum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Vellaunodunum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly