Augustus

See also augustus

English

Etymology

From Latin augustus, majestic

Pronunciation

• enPR: ô-gŭsʹtəs, IPA: /ɔːˈɡʌstəs/, X-SAMPA: /O:"gVst@s/
• Hyphenation: Au‧gus‧tus

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Augustus

1. The Roman emperor Augustus, also called Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 BCE - 14 CE); heir to Julius Caesar
2. A male given name taken to use in the 18th century.

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Luke 2:1

  And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.

Synonyms

• (Emperor Augustus): Octavian, Octavius

Derived terms

• Augustan
• Pax Augusta
• male given names: August, Augustine, pet form: Gus
• female given name: Augusta

Translations

Roman emperor

• Alsatian: Augustus m
• Armenian: Օգոստոս (Ògostos)
• Chinese: 屋大维

  Cantonese: 奧古斯都 (Ou3 gu2 si1 dou1)

  Hakka: 奧古斯都 (O-kú-sṳ̂-tû)

  Mandarin: 屋大维 (cmn) (Wūdàwéi)

• Dutch: Augustus (nl)
• Estonian: Augustus (et)
• French: Auguste (fr)
• German: Augustus (de) m

• Greek: Αύγουστος m (Ancient: Augustos; Modern: Afgoustos, Avgoustos)
• Italian: Augusto (it) m
• Japanese: アウグストゥス (Augusutwusu); アウグスツス (Augusutsusu)
• Korean: 아우구스투스(Auguseutuseu)
• Latin: Augustus (la) m
• Luxembourgish: Augustus m
• Marathi: ऑगस्टस (mr) (ǒgasṭasa)
• Portuguese: Augusto (pt) m
• Romanian: Augustus (ro) m
• Spanish: Augusto (es) m

male given name

• Danish: August (da)
• Faroese: Aggusteinis (fo) m
• Finnish: Aukusti (fi)
• French: Auguste (fr)
• German: August (de)

• Greenlandic: Augo (kl)
• Latvian: Augusts (lv) m
• Marathi: ऑगस्टस (mr) (ǒgasṭasa) m
• Norwegian: August (no)
• Swedish: August (sv)

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Afrikaans

Noun

Augustus (plural Augustusmaande)

1. August

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Latin

Wikipedia

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The Roman emperor Augustus, b. 23 September 63 BCE, d. 19 August 14 AD

Etymology

From augustus (“majestic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aˈɡus.tus/

Proper noun

Augustus (genitive Augustī); m, second declension

1. Augustus; a Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
2. Augustus, the Roman emperor

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Augustus	Augustī
genitive	Augustī	Augustōrum
dative	Augustō	Augustīs
accusative	Augustum	Augustōs
ablative	Augustō	Augustīs
vocative	Auguste	Augustī

Related terms

Augusta augustālis augustāneus augustēus

augustēum Augustinus augustus

See also

• augustus