Ultraiectum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ultrajectum

Etymology

Blend of ultra (“beyond”), a phonetic Latinisation of Old Dutch ūt (“out”) + Traiectum, the name of the ancient Roman fort at the city, from traiectus (“crossing”). See Dutch Utrecht.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ul.traˈjek.tum/, [ul̪t̪räˈjɛkt̪um]

Proper noun

Ultraiectum n sg (genitive Ultraiectī); second declension (Medieval Latin, New Latin)

1. Utrecht (a city in the Netherlands).
   • 1688, Heinrich Meibom, Rerum Germanicarum Libri III, page 383:

     Anno Domini MCXXV. feria quinta post Pentecosten in Ultrajecto Henricus imperator moritur […]

     In the year of the lord 1125, on the Thursday after Pentecost, Emperor Henry died in Utrecht […]

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ultraiectum
Genitive	Ultraiectī
Dative	Ultraiectō
Accusative	Ultraiectum
Ablative	Ultraiectō
Vocative	Ultraiectum
Locative	Ultraiectī

Synonyms

• Traiectum, Traiectum ad Rhenum

Derived terms

• Ultraiectensis
• Ultrāiectīnus