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Augustus

See also: augustus

English

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Etymology

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From Latin Augustus, from augustus (“majestic, venerable”). Doublet of august.

Pronunciation

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

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Augustus

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

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Noun

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Augustus (plural Augustusmaande)

  1. August

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Latin

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    Etymology 1

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

    From augustus (“majestic, venerable”), originally a word of religious use, which was given as a title to the emperor Augustus. The month Sextīlis was renamed after the emperor Caesar Augustus.

    Proper noun

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    Augustus m (genitive Augustī); second declension

    1. Augustus; a Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
    2. Augustus, the Roman emperor
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    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative Augustus Augustī
    genitive Augustī Augustōrum
    dative Augustō Augustīs
    accusative Augustum Augustōs
    ablative Augustō Augustīs
    vocative Auguste Augustī
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    Augustus (feminine Augusta, neuter Augustum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. Augustan (pertaining to the Emperor Augustus)
    2. imperial, royal
    3. of August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar
      Synonym: Sextīlis
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    • In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.

    Etymology 2

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    Ellipsis of Augustus mēnsis m or mēnsis Augustus m (“Augustan month, month of August”).

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    Augustus m (genitive Augustī); second declension

    1. August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar
    Descendants
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    • Latin: agustus (see there for further descendants)
    Unsorted borrowings

    These borrowings are ultimately but perhaps not directly from Latin. They are organized into geographical and language family groups, not by etymology.

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    References

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    • “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.

    Old English

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    Etymology

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    From Latin Augustus.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.u.ɡus.tus/, [ˈɑ.u.ɣus.tus]

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    Augustus m

    1. the Roman emperor Augustus
    2. the month of August

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    Strong a-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative Augustus —
    accusative Augustus —
    genitive Augustuses —
    dative Augustuse —

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