Augusta Treverorum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Augusta Trevirorum, Augusta Tresvirorum, TR

Etymology

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈɡus.ta treː.u̯eˈroː.rum/, [äu̯ˈɡʊs̠t̪ä t̪reːu̯ɛˈroːrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈɡus.ta tre.veˈro.rum/, [äu̯ˈɡust̪ä t̪reveˈrɔːrum]

Proper noun

Augusta Trēverōrum f sg (genitive Augustae Trēverōrum); first declension

1. (historical) Trier (a city in the Roman Empire, now in Germany)

Declension

First-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Augusta Trēverōrum
Genitive	Augustae Trēverōrum
Dative	Augustae Trēverōrum
Accusative	Augustam Trēverōrum
Ablative	Augustā Trēverōrum
Vocative	Augusta Trēverōrum
Locative	Augustae Trēverōrum

Derived terms

• Treverorum
• Trēverēnsis
• Trēvericus, Trīvericus

Descendants

• English: Treves
• French: Trèves

References

• “Augusta Treverorum (Trier)”, in www.trismegistos.org‎^[1], 2021 October 9 (last accessed)