Editing Rodez (section)

==Toponymy==
In antiquity, during the Roman occupation, the city was named ''[[Segodunum]]''. The roots being ''sego'' "strong"<ref group="note">[[Segovia]] or [[Segobriga]], the capital of Celtiberians, shares the same etymology.</ref> and ''dunum'' "hill", where ''Segodunum'' "high hill, stronghold" is at the origin of the [[Gaulish language|Gaulish]] name of Rodez.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Alexandre|last1=Albenque|title=Les Rutènes, études d'histoire, d'archéologie et de toponymie gallo-romaines|language=fr|trans-title=Ruteni, studied history, archeology and Gallo-Roman place names|publisher=P. Carrere|location=Rodez|year=1948|id=cartes, ill. ; 25&nbsp;cm}} ([[Bibliothèque nationale de France|BnF]] no [http://catalogue.bnf.fr/servlet/RechercheEquation;jsessionid=AFBF5A613D5237F2CA432C2B4578FE65?TexteCollection=HGARSTUVWXYZ1DIECBMJNQLOKP&TexteTypeDoc=DESNFPIBTMCJOV&Equation=IDP%3Dcb37394724m&FormatAffichage=0&host=catalogue FRBNF37394724m])</ref>

During the middle to the end of the [[Roman Empire]], the city was called ''Civitas Rutenorum'', the city of the [[Ruteni|Rutènes]]. Then, it became ''Ruteni'' and finally Rodez.

Rodez is locally pronounced ""Rodess" [ʀodɛs] in French. That is explained by the spelling of the city in [[Occitan language|Occitan]]: ''Rodés'', pronounced "Rroodess" [rruˈðes]. Rodez was spelled with a final ''z'', instead of ''s'', to maintain the closed ''e'' of Occitan and to prevent it from becoming silent.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Astor|title=Dictionnaire des noms de familles et noms de lieux du Midi de la France|year=2002 |language=fr|trans-title=Dictionary of surnames and place names in the South of France|publisher=Éditions du Beffroi|isbn=978-2908123593|page=680}}</ref>