Augustonemetum

Latin

Etymology

The Roman conquest of the city combined the name of emperor Augustus with the city's original Celtic/Gaulish name, Proto-Celtic *nemetom (sanctuary, holy place), from *nemos (heaven, sky). Together, they mean "sanctuary of Augustus".

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Augustonemetum n sg (genitive Augustonemetī); second declension

  1. A town of the Arverni in Aquitania, now Clermont-Ferrand

Declension

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

Case Singular
Nominative Augustonemetum
Genitive Augustonemetī
Dative Augustonemetō
Accusative Augustonemetum
Ablative Augustonemetō
Vocative Augustonemetum
Locative Augustonemetī

References

  • Augustonemetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Augustonemetum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • The Celtic Origin of a Great Part of the Greek and Latin Languages,: And of Many Classical Proper Names, Proved by a Comparison of Greek and Latin with the Gaelic Language Or the Celtic of Scotland, p. 58
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