Sauconna

Latin

Etymology

From the Celtic/Gaulish river goddess Souconna, from a Proto-Celtic word meaning "the flowing, the suckler," from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk-.

View of the river

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sau̯ˈkon.na/, [s̠äu̯ˈkɔnːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sau̯ˈkon.na/, [säu̯ˈkɔnːä]

Proper noun

Sauconna f sg (genitive Sauconnae); first declension

1. The river Saône

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sauconna
Genitive	Sauconnae
Dative	Sauconnae
Accusative	Sauconnam
Ablative	Sauconnā
Vocative	Sauconna

Synonyms

• Arar

References

• Sauconna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• The gods of the Celts and the Indo-Europeans (1994)