Ultraiectum

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Etymology[edit]

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.

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Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

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

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

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