Augustus

See also: augustus

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin Augustus, from augustus (“majestic”).

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: ô-gŭsʹtəs, IPA^(key): /ɔːˈɡʌstəs/
• Hyphenation: Au‧gus‧tus

Proper nounEdit

Augustus

1. The Roman emperor Augustus, also called Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 BCE – 14 CE); heir to Julius Caesar
2. A male given name, risen in popularity since the 18th century.

QuotationsEdit

• 1611, Bible (King James Version), Luke 2:1:

  And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.

SynonymsEdit

• (Emperor Augustus): Octavian, Octavius

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• Augustan
• female given name: Augusta

• male given names: August, Augustine, pet form: Gus
• Pax Augusta

TranslationsEdit

Roman emperor

• Alemannic German: Augustus m
• Armenian: Օգոստոս (Ōgostos)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܓܘܣܛܘܣ‎‎
• Catalan: August (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 奧古斯都, 奥古斯都 (ou³ gu² si¹ dou¹)

  Hakka: 奧古斯都, 奥古斯都 (o-kú-sṳ̂-tû)

  Mandarin: 奧古斯都 (zh), 奥古斯都 (zh) (Aògǔsīdū)

• Danish: Augustus
• Dutch: Augustus (nl)
• Estonian: Augustus
• Finnish: Augustus (fi)
• French: Auguste (fr) m
• German: Augustus (de) m

• Greek: Αύγουστος (el) m (Ávgoustos)

  Ancient Greek: Αὔγουστος m (Aúgoustos)

• Irish: Ágastas
• Italian: Augusto (it) m
• Japanese: アウグストゥス (Augusutusu), アウグスツス (Augusutsusu)
• Korean: 아우구스투스 (Auguseutuseu)
• Latin: Augustus (la) m
• Luxembourgish: Augustus m
• Marathi: ऑगस्टस (ǒgasṭasa)
• Portuguese: Augusto (pt) m
• Romanian: Augustus (ro) m
• Russian: А́вгуст (ru) m (Ávgust)
• Spanish: Augusto (es) m

male given name

• Catalan: August (ca) m
• Danish: August (da)
• Faroese: Aggusteinis m
• Finnish: Aukusti (fi)
• French: Auguste (fr) m
• German: August (de) m, Augustus (de)
• Greenlandic: Augo

• Italian: Augusto (it) m
• Latvian: Augusts m
• Marathi: ऑगस्टस m (ǒgasṭasa)
• Norwegian: August (no)
• Portuguese: Augusto (pt) m
• Spanish: Augusto (es) m
• Swedish: August (sv)

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AfrikaansEdit

NounEdit

Augustus (plural Augustusmaande)

1. August

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LatinEdit

The Roman emperor Augustus, b. 23 September 63 BCE, d. 19 August 14 AD

EtymologyEdit

From augustus (“majestic”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈɡus.tus/, [au̯ˈɡʊs.tʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈɡus.tus/

Proper nounEdit

Augustus m (genitive Augustī); second declension

1. Augustus; a Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
2. Augustus, the Roman emperor

InflectionEdit

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Augustus	Augustī
genitive	Augustī	Augustōrum
dative	Augustō	Augustīs
accusative	Augustum	Augustōs
ablative	Augustō	Augustīs
vocative	Auguste	Augustī

Related termsEdit

• Augusta
• augustālis
• augustāneus
• augustēus

• augustēum
• Augustinus
• augustus

See alsoEdit

• augustus

DescendantsEdit

Descendants of Augustus in other languages

• Catalan: August
• Danish: August
  • Greenlandic: Aggu
• English: Augustus, August (given name)
• Estonian: August
• Faroese: August
• Finnish: Aukusti
• French: Auguste
• German: August

• Italian: Augusto
• Latvian: Augusts
• Norwegian: August
• Portuguese: Augusto
• Spanish: Augusto
• Swedish: August
  • Finnish: August

ReferencesEdit

• Augustus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Augustus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Augustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette