Novesium

Latin

Alternative forms

• Novaesium

Etymology

Unclear, but probably of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noˈu̯eː.si.um/, [noˈu̯eːs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /noˈve.si.um/, [noˈvɛːs̬ium]

Proper noun

Novēsium n sg (genitive Novēsiī or Novēsī); second declension

1. A town on the Rhine, now Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Novēsium
Genitive	Novēsiī Novēsī1
Dative	Novēsiō
Accusative	Novēsium
Ablative	Novēsiō
Vocative	Novēsium
Locative	Novēsiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Old High German: Nuiss
  • German: Neuss

References

• Novesium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Novesium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly