Eugubine
/juːˈɡuːbaɪn/noun
Relating to Eugubium, the ancient city now called Gubbio in central Italy, especially its ancient ritual tablets.
Did you know?The Eugubine Tables preserve the longest surviving text in Umbrian, an ancient Italic language describing priestly ceremonies, sacrifices, processions, and ritual formulas.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Italic period
Umbrian
Ikuvium
“The ancient name of the settlement later known as Gubbio; its precise pre-Roman name-origin is uncertain.”
3rd–1st Century BCE
Umbrian
Ikuvinus
“Relating to Ikuvium; the form associated with the city and its religious institutions.”
2nd–1st Century BCE
Latin
Iguvium
“The Latin form of the Umbrian city-name.”
Roman period
Latin
Eugubinus
“Of or belonging to Eugubium, the Latinized name of the city.”
14th–16th Century
Italian/Latin
Eugubino
“Relating to Gubbio; the learned Latin and Italian form used in descriptions of the city and its antiquities.”
Modern English
English
Eugubine
“Relating to ancient Eugubium or to the Eugubine Tables, the bronze ritual inscriptions discovered at Gubbio.”