Nemausus

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Etymology edit

From Latin Nemausus.

Proper noun edit

Nemausus

(Celtic mythology) The patron god of Nîmes during Roman times.

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Nemausum

Etymology edit

From Gaulish *nemo, named after a local deity and its sanctuary. The name could ultimately be from Proto-Celtic *nemos (“heaven, sky”) or from a hydronym related to the river Neman.

Maison Carrée

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /neˈmau̯.sus/, [nɛˈmäu̯s̠ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neˈmau̯.sus/, [neˈmäːu̯sus]

Proper noun edit

Nemausus f sg (genitive Nemausī); second declension

A city in Gallia Narbonensis, now Nîmes

Declension edit

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nemausus
Genitive	Nemausī
Dative	Nemausō
Accusative	Nemausum
Ablative	Nemausō
Vocative	Nemause
Locative	Nemausī

Derived terms edit

Nemausēnsis, Nemausēnsēs, Nemausiēnsis

Descendants edit

Middle French: Nismes
- French: Nîmes
  - English: Nîmes, denim

References edit

“Nĕmausum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Nemausus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Green, Miranda (1997) Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd.
Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Pėteraitis, Villius (1992): Mažoji Lietuva ir Tvanksta: prabaltų, pralietuvių ir lietuvininkų laikais : daugiau kaip 4000 metų nenutrūkstamos baltiškosios vandenvardinės kultūros raida