Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From the Old High German *burggrāvo (attested as the Middle High German burcgrâve), from burg (castle”, “city) + grāfio (ruler).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

burgrāvius m (genitive burgrāviī or burgrāvī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) burgrave, burggrave [12th C.]

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative burgrāvius burgrāviī
Genitive burgrāviī
burgrāvī1
burgrāviōrum
Dative burgrāviō burgrāviīs
Accusative burgrāvium burgrāviōs
Ablative burgrāviō burgrāviīs
Vocative burgrāvie burgrāviī

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

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Descendants edit

  • Italian: burgravio

References edit

  • BURGGRAVIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “burchgravius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 107/2
  • burggrafius in Ramminger, Johann (2009 September 30 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016