Auximum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to magnify, increase”) with an S-stem extension similar to *augs. If so, related to augeo (“I increase”).[1] There was also an Auximum in Campania, suggesting a possible Umbrian-like dialect or Picene stratum.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯k.si.mum/, [ˈäu̯ks̠ɪmʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯k.si.mum/, [ˈäu̯ksimum]
Proper noun[edit]
Auximum n sg (genitive Auximī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Auximum |
Genitive | Auximī |
Dative | Auximō |
Accusative | Auximum |
Ablative | Auximō |
Vocative | Auximum |
Locative | Auximī |
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References[edit]
- “Auximum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Auximum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992, p. 358