CIVITAS LATINVM

The Shire in Latin

e Lalaith <andreas.moehn@wiesbaden.netsurf.de>

 

[Retro ad priori]

Shire: Civitas

(rather than Provincia)

Farthing: Pagus

Three-farthing stone: Saxum trium pagorum

North Farthing: Pagus septentrionalis

Bindbale Wood: Fascisarcinae silva

Oatbarton: Avenopraedium

West Farthing: Pagus occidentalis

Bywater: Adaquam

The Hill: Collis

Hobbiton: Hobitum

Needlehole: Viaracum

Nobottle: Novaedificium

Rushock Bog: Carculopalus

Overhill: Transcollis

Tookbank: Tuciclivium

Tuckborough: Tucium (I interpret Tuck- as a debased Took)

The Water: Aqua

Waymeet: Compitum

South Farthing: Pagus meridionalis

Green-Hill Country: Viridicollium regio

Longbottom: Convallis longis

Pincup: Acocalix? (an attempt to translate it as what it looks like)

East Farthing: Pagus orientalis

Bridgefields: Pontocampus

Brockenbores: Foveae melorum

Budgeford: Bogovadum (Budge- as being a debased Bolger getting latinized in pronunciation)

Deephallow: Demissolucus

Dwaling: Soporificium? (if Dwaling is related to dwale)

Frogmorton: Palustranaeum

Girdley Island: Zonorum Insula (Zono + orum)

Marish: Palus

Overbourn Marshes: Palus Suprafontis

Rushey: Carcorum (with orum = ey, island)

Scary: Scarium (simply a latinized spelling)

Shirebourn: Fons civitatis

Stock: Pecuarium (my assumption)

Stockbrook: Rivus pecuarii

Thistlebrook: Rivus carduum

Whitfurrows: Albisulcorum

Willowbottom: Convallis saligneus

Woodhall: Villa Silvana

Woody End: Finis silvae

Yale: Locus paluster (supposing the German translation as "marsh" is valid)

Buckland: Caprae Regio

Newbury: Oppidum Novum

Brandy Hall: Villa verenda

Brandywine: Verendivinum ("Wine to be feared", an attempt to stay close to "Baranduin" in spelling. Mr. Brandybuck would thus turn into Verendicaprus - very hobbitish indeed...)

Buck Hill: Caprae Collis

Bucklebury: Capraeum

Crickhollow: Crectocavum (with a latinized Crick-)

Hay: Vepres

Haysend: Finis veprei

Standelf: Saxifodina

Westmarch: Confinium Occidentalis

Michel Delving on the White Downs: Fodina Major super Summam Albam

Little Delving: Fodina Minor

Sarn Ford: Sarnovadum

 

[Retro ad priori]