Αὔγουστος

See also: Αύγουστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Augustus (but the Greek calque Σεβαστός (Sebastós) was traditionally preferred).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎu̯.ɡuːs.tos/ → /ˈaβ.ɣus.tos/ → /ˈav.ɣus.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎu̯.ɡuːs.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ɡus.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈaβ.ɣus.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈav.ɣus.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈav.ɣus.tos/

Proper noun

Αὔγουστος • (Aúgoustos) m (genitive Αὐγούστου); second declension

1. Augustus, the Roman emperor
   • 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausanias Periegeta, Graeciae Descriptio 3.11.4
2. the month of August
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Numa Pompilius 19

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Αὔγουστος; τοῦ Αὐγούστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Αὔγουστος ho Aúgoustos
Genitive	τοῦ Αὐγούστου toû Augoústou
Dative	τῷ Αὐγούστῳ tôi Augoústōi
Accusative	τὸν Αὔγουστον tòn Aúgouston
Vocative	Αὔγουστε Aúgouste
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Αὐγουστάλιᾰ (Augoustáliă)
• Αὐγουστάλιος (Augoustálios)
• Αὐγούστειᾰ (Augoústeiă)
• Αὐγουστεῖον (Augousteîon)
• Αὐγούστειος (Augoústeios)

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: Αὔγουστος (Aúgoustos)
  • Greek: Αύγουστος (Ávgoustos) (see there for further descendants)
  • Pontic Greek: Αύγουστος (Ávgoustos), Άγουστος (Ágoustos), Αύγοστος (Ávgostos), Άγοστος (Ágostos)
  • → Old East Slavic: авъгустъ (avŭgustŭ)
    • Russian: август (avgust) (see there for further descendants)
• → Aghwan: 𐔰𐕡𐔲𐕒𐕡𐕚𐕜𐕒𐕚 (awgusṭos)
• → Coptic: ⲁⲩⲅⲟⲩⲥⲧⲟⲥ (augoustos)
• → Old Armenian: օգոստոս (ōgostos), Օգոստոս (Ōgostos)

References

• “Αὔγουστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Αὔγουστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)