burgravius
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- burggrāvius, burcgrāvius, burchgrāvius, burggrāfius, borchgrāvius, burkgrāvius, burgraffius, burgrāphius
Etymology[edit]
From the Old High German *burggrāvo (attested as the Middle High German burcgrâve), from burg (“castle”, “city”) + grāfio (“ruler”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /burˈɡraː.u̯i.us/, [bʊrˈɡräːu̯iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /burˈɡra.vi.us/, [burˈɡräːvius]
Noun[edit]
burgrāvius m (genitive burgrāviī or burgrāvī); second declension
- (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).
Synonyms[edit]
- (burgrave, burggrave): burgicomes (Mediaeval)
Derived terms[edit]
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