Augusta Treverorum
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Augusta (“town honoring Augustus or an emperor”) + Trēverōrum, genitive of Trēverī, a German tribe whose name was sometimes mistakenly understood as meaning “the three men”.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈɡus.ta treː.u̯eˈroː.rum/, [äu̯ˈɡʊs̠t̪ä t̪reːu̯ɛˈroːrʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈɡus.ta tre.veˈro.rum/, [äu̯ˈɡust̪ä t̪reveˈrɔːrum]
Proper noun[edit]
Augusta Trēverōrum f sg (genitive Augustae Trēverōrum); first declension
- (historical) Trier (a city in the Roman Empire, now in Germany)
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Augusta Trēverōrum |
Genitive | Augustae Trēverōrum |
Dative | Augustae Trēverōrum |
Accusative | Augustam Trēverōrum |
Ablative | Augustā Trēverōrum |
Vocative | Augusta Trēverōrum |
Locative | Augustae Trēverōrum |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “Augusta Treverorum (Trier)”, in www.trismegistos.org[1], 2021 October 9 (last accessed)