Augustus

See also: augustus

English

Etymology

From Latin Augustus, from augustus (“majestic, venerable”). Doublet of august.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ô-gŭsʹtəs, IPA^(key): /ɔːˈɡʌstəs/, /əˈɡʌstəs/
• Hyphenation: Au‧gus‧tus

Proper noun

Augustus

1. The Roman emperor Augustus, also called Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 B.C.E. – 14 C.E.); heir to Julius Caesar
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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.

2. A male given name from Latin, risen in popularity since the 18th century.

Synonyms

• (Emperor Augustus): Octavian, Octavius

Derived terms

Derived terms

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

Translations

Roman emperor

• Alemannic German: Augustus m
• Armenian: Օգոստոս (Ōgostos)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܓܘܣܛܘܣ
• Bengali: ঔগস্টস m (ōugosṭoś)
• Catalan: August (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 奧古斯都／奥古斯都 (ou³ gu² si¹ dou¹)

  Hakka: 奧古斯都／奥古斯都 (o-kú-sṳ̂-tû)

  Mandarin: 奧古斯都／奥古斯都 (zh) (Àogǔsīdū)

• Coptic: ⲁⲩⲅⲟⲩⲥⲧⲟⲥ (augoustos)
• Danish: Augustus
• Dutch: Augustus (nl)
• Estonian: Augustus
• Finnish: Augustus (fi)
• French: Auguste (fr) m
• German: Augustus (de) m
• Greek: Αύγουστος (el) m (Ávgoustos)

  Ancient: Σεβαστός m (Sebastós), Αὔγουστος m (Aúgoustos)

• Irish: Ágastas
• Italian: Augusto (it) m
• Japanese: アウグストゥス (Augusutusu), アウグスツス (Augusutsusu)
• Korean: 아우구스투스 (Auguseutuseu)
• Latin: Augustus (la) m
• Luxembourgish: Augustus m
• Marathi: ऑगस्टस (ŏgasṭas)
• Portuguese: Augusto (pt) m
• Romanian: Augustus (ro) m
• Russian: А́вгуст (ru) m (Ávgust)
• Spanish: Augusto (es) m

male given name

• Catalan: August (ca) m
• Danish: August (da)
• Faroese: Aggusteinis m
• Finnish: Aukusti (fi)
• French: Auguste (fr) m
• German: August (de) m, Augustus (de)
• Greenlandic: Augo
• Hungarian: Ágost (hu)
• Italian: Augusto (it) m
• Latvian: Augusts m
• Marathi: ऑगस्टस m (ŏgasṭas)
• Norwegian: August (no)
• Polish: August (pl) m
• Portuguese: Augusto (pt) m
• Spanish: Augusto (es) m
• Swedish: August (sv)

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Noun

Augustus (plural Augustusmaande)

1. August

See also

(Gregorian calendar months) Januarie, Februarie, Maart, April, Mei, Junie, Julie, Augustus, September, Oktober, November, Desember ^{(Category: af:Months)}

Latin

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

Alternative forms

• AUG, AUGG, AUGGG

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈɡus.tus/, [äu̯ˈɡʊs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈɡus.tus/, [äu̯ˈɡust̪us]

Etymology 1

From augustus (“majestic, venerable”), originally a word of religious use, which was given as a title to the emperor Augustus. The month Sextīlis was renamed after the emperor Caesar Augustus.

Proper noun

Augustus m (genitive Augustī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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

Descendants

Descendants of Augustus in other languages

• → Catalan: August
• → Danish: August
  • Greenlandic: Aggu
• → English: Augustus, August (given name)
• → Estonian: August
• → Faroese: August
• → Finnish: Aukusti
• → French: Auguste
• → German: August
• → Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (agustus)
• → Italian: Augusto
• → Latvian: Augusts
• → Norwegian: August
• → Portuguese: Augusto
• → Spanish: Augusto
• → Swedish: August
  • → Finnish: August

Adjective

Augustus (feminine Augusta, neuter Augustum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Augustan (pertaining to the Emperor Augustus)
2. imperial, royal
3. of August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar

   Synonym: Sextīlis

Usage notes

• In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of Augustus mēnsis m or ellipsis of mēnsis Augustus m (“Augustan month, month of August”).

Proper noun

Augustus m (genitive Augustī); second declension

1. August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar

Descendants

• Latin: agustus (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted borrowings

These borrowings are ultimately but perhaps not directly from Latin. They are organized into geographical and language family groups, not by etymology.

• Africa
  • Northern and Horn
    • Amharic: ኦገስት (ʾogäst)
    • Kabyle: ɣuct
  • Subsaharan
    • Ewe: August
    • Kongo: auti
    • Lingala: augústo
    • Malagasy: Aogositra
    • Tumbuka: ogasiti
    • Zulu: u-Agasti
• Americas
  • Greenlandic: aggusti
  • Inuktitut: ᐋᒡᒋᓯ (aaccisi)
• Asia and Oceania
  • Central and Western Asia
    • Arabic: أَغُسْطُسْ (ʔaḡusṭus)
    • Crimean Tatar: avgustos
    • Georgian: აგვისტო (agvisṭo)
      • → Bats: აგვისტო̂ (agvisṭô)
      • → Mingrelian: არგუსო (arguso)
      • → Svan: აგუ̂ისტო (agûisṭo)
    • Turkish: ağustos
    • Uyghur: ئاۋغۇست (awghust)
    • Zazaki: ağustos
  • South Asia
    • Assamese: আগষ্ট (agosto)
    • Bengali: অগাস্ট (ogasṭ)
    • Brahui: Agast
    • Dhivehi: އޮގަސްޓު (ogasṭu)
    • Kannada: ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ (āgasṭ)
    • Marathi: ऑगस्ट (ŏgasṭa)
    • Odia: ଅଗଷ୍ଟ (agashṭa)
    • Pashto: اګست (ágəst)
    • Sinhalese: අගෝස්තු (agōstu)
    • Tamil: ஆகஸ்டு (ākasṭu)
    • Telugu: ఆగస్టు (āgasṭu)
  • Southeast Asia and Oceania
    • Balinese: Agustus
    • Banjarese: Agustus
    • Fijian: Okosita
    • Gilbertese: Aokati
    • Gorontalo: Agustus
    • Javanese: Agustus
    • Marshallese: O̧kwōj
    • Minangkabau: Agustus
    • Samoan: aokuso
    • Sundanese: august
    • Tahitian: ʻatete
• Europe
  • → Ancient Greek: Αὔγουστος (Aúgoustos)
    • Byzantine Greek: Αὔγουστος (Aúgoustos)
      • Greek: Αύγουστος (Ávgoustos) (see there for further descendants)
      • Pontic Greek: Αύγουστος (Ávgoustos), Άγουστος (Ágoustos), Αύγοστος (Ávgostos), Άγοστος (Ágostos)
      • → Old East Slavic: авъгустъ (avŭgustŭ)
        • Russian: август (avgust) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Aghwan: 𐔰𐕡𐔲𐕒𐕡𐕚𐕜𐕒𐕚 (awgusṭos)
    • → Coptic: ⲁⲩⲅⲟⲩⲥⲧⲟⲥ (augoustos)
    • → Old Armenian: օգոստոս (ōgostos), Օգոստոս (Ōgostos)
  • Basque: abuztu
  • Hungarian: augusztus
  • Baltic
    • Latvian: augusts
    • Livonian: ougust
    • Old Prussian: August
  • Germanic
    • Alemannic German: Ougschte, Ouguscht
    • Bavarian: August
    • Central Franconian: Aujuss
    • Cimbrian: agòsten
    • Danish: august
    • Dutch: augustus
      • Afrikaans: Augustus
      • Negerhollands: august
      • →? Caribbean Hindustani: agast
      • → Caribbean Javanese: agustus
      • → Indonesian: Agustus
      • → Papiamentu: ougùstùs
      • → Sranan Tongo: augustus
      • → Trió: ahkëtë
    • Faroese: august
    • German: August
      • → Estonian: august
      • → Kashubian: agùst
      • → Lower Sorbian: awgust
      • → Luxembourgish: August
      • → Slovincian: aughúst
      • → Upper Sorbian: awgust
    • German Low German: August
    • Icelandic: ágúst
    • Limburgish: egóstös
    • Middle Dutch: ogest
      • Dutch: oogst
      • Limburgish: ougs
    • North Frisian: august
    • Mòcheno: agst
    • Norwegian: august
    • Pennsylvania German: Auguscht
    • Saterland Frisian: August
    • Swedish: augusti
    • West Flemish: ogustus
    • West Frisian: augustus
    • Yiddish: אויגוסט (oygust)
  • Romance
    • Asturian: augustu
    • Catalan: august
    • French: auguste
    • Galician: augusto
    • Italian: augusto
    • Portuguese: augusto
    • Romanian: august
    • Spanish: augusto
  • Slavic
    • Bulgarian: а́вгуст (ávgust)
    • Lower Sorbian: awgust
    • Macedonian: август (avgust)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: авґуст (avgust)
    • Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: август, аугуст

      Latin script: avgust, august

    • Slovak: august
    • Slovene: avgúst
    • Upper Sorbian: awgust

See also

• augustus
• Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “Augustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Augustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Augustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

Alternative forms

• Agustus

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.u.ɡus.tus/, [ˈɑ.u.ɣus.tus]

Proper noun

Augustus m

1. the Roman emperor Augustus
2. the month of August

Declension

Declension of Augustus (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Augustus	—
accusative	Augustus	—
genitive	Augustuses	—
dative	Augustuse	—

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Augustus”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.