burgravius

Latin

Alternative forms

• burggrāvius, burcgrāvius, burchgrāvius, burggrāfius, borchgrāvius, burkgrāvius, burgraffius, burgrāphius

Etymology

From the Old High German *burggrāvo (attested as the Middle High German burcgrâve), from burg (“castle”, “city”) + grāfio (“ruler”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /burˈɡraː.u̯i.us/, [bʊrˈɡräːu̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /burˈɡra.vi.us/, [burˈɡräːvius]

Noun

burgrāvius m (genitive burgrāviī or burgrāvī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) burgrave, burggrave [12th C.]

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	burgrāvius	burgrāviī
Genitive	burgrāviī burgrāvī1	burgrāviōrum
Dative	burgrāviō	burgrāviīs
Accusative	burgrāvium	burgrāviōs
Ablative	burgrāviō	burgrāviīs
Vocative	burgrāvie	burgrāviī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

• (burgrave, burggrave): burgicomes (Mediaeval)

Derived terms

• burgrāviātus

Descendants

• Italian: burgravio

References

• BURGGRAVIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “burchgravius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 107/2
• burggrafius in Ramminger, Johann (2009 September 30 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016